#54

Kylen McCracken

Senior defensive lineman on Marshall's 2023 roster.

DL · Marshall · Sr. · #54

6′3″ · 306 lb · Cleveland Heights, OH

Marshall 2023 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman on Marshall's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Ohio in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OG recruit

No. 2743 nationally · Signed with Ohio

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Marshall, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Ohio2-star out of Cleveland Heights

20239 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2743 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

2 coaches

2019–2020

Doc Holliday

Marshall

2021–2023

Charles Huff

Marshall

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Doc Holliday → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ohio7-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2020Ohio2-1HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Ohio3-9HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#369 / 2842 · 83rd pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th pct

0.0

Tackles#2749 / 2842 · 2nd pct

Solo tackles#2836 / 2842 · 0th 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

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road3g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Backup

Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Marshall	10	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Ohio	8	1	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Ohio	15	5	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Ohio	6	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Ohio	4	1	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		43	10	2.5	1.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 21–17

vs UAlbany

1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With C. Fancher — 268 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 34.2 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Mcconnell — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 62 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 21-17vs UAlbany	0	0	—
Wk 2	W 31-13@ East Carolina	3	1	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 4	W 24-17vs Virginia Tech	1	0	—
Wk 5	W 41-35vs Old Dominion	1	0	—
Wk 6	L 41-48@ NC State	1	0	—
Wk 11	W 38-33vs Georgia Southern	1	0	—
Wk 12	L 0-28@ South Alabama	1	0	—
Wk 13	W 35-21vs Arkansas State	1	0	—
Bowl	L 17-35vs UTSA	1	0	—
Total		10	1	—

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