Kristopher Ross

Junior defensive lineman for Sacramento State. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Sacramento State · Jr. · #8

6′2″ · 262 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 62 · #144 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceTransferred Sacramento State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 10:30 pm ETvs North Dakota StateHornet StadiumNorth Dakota State by 27.5

Recruiting

4★

DL recruit

No. 250 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Sacramento State. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2022.
Transferred from Nevada to Sacramento State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kristopher Ross

DL · Sacramento State · Jr · #8

Wins his gap play after play. Kristopher Ross has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Oregon State — Week 7, 2024.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #144 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#412 / 2892 · 84th pct

2.5

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#1432 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road5g	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alonzo Carter

Pass share

54.4%

106 pass / 89 run

Plays / game

65.0

3 games

Team sack rate

1.7%

118 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #144 of 426 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #144 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Nevada	29	14	5.5	2.5	2	--	--
2022	Texas	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		31	14	5.5	2.5	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-29vs SMU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 1	W 28-26@ Troy	6	1	1.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 17-20vs Georgia Southern	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 49-16vs Eastern Washington	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-35@ San José State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 42-37vs Oregon State	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Fresno State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 13-34@ Hawai'i	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 21-38vs Colorado State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-28@ Boise State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 19-22vs Air Force	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 14-38@ UNLV	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		29	14	5.5	2.5	—	2

The defensive line · Sacramento State

#52Isiah Chala Jr.DL · Jr.0 tackles for loss · 2025
#99Melvin SwindleDL · Sr.1 game · 2025
#5Nick DimitrisDL · Sr.2 games · 2026
#45Xavier WilliamsDL · Sr.2 games · 2026
#8Kristopher RossDL · Jr.no box-score line yet

18 more on the roster · Sacramento State team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kristopher Ross

2022

202412 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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The defensive line · Sacramento State