Senior defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2023: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.
6′3″ · 310 lb · Conyers, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 1166 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2023: 2 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.
Kurott Garland
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Kurott Garland has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Tennessee. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Missouri — Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Tennessee, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #363 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023
W 20–13
vs Texas A&M
3 TOT · 3 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With J. Milton III — 100 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · 34 rush yds (8 car) · J. Ross — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 30-13vs Austin Peay | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-29@ Florida | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13vs Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-34@ Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-3vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-36@ Missouri | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 48-24vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 13 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Coziah Izzard’s 2021 season.
Matches Coziah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tommy Dunn's graduate season at Kansas (2025).
Matches Tommy on
Player DNA