#52

Ledarius Mack

Senior defensive end for Buffalo. 2019: 8 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DE · Buffalo · Sr. · #52

6′1″ · 240 lb · Vero Beach, FL

Buffalo 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Buffalo. 2019: 8 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Buffalo, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Buffalo

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-9 over that span.

2018Buffalo10-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2019Buffalo8-5HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#40 / 2688 · 98th pct

8.0

Tackles for loss#89 / 2688 · 96th pct

12.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1522 / 2688 · 42nd pct

Tackles#1672 / 2688 · 37th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	1.0	0.8	0.0
Road6g	2.3	1.2	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	1.4	0.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Buffalo	24	15	12.0	8.0	--	--	--
2018	Buffalo	16	12	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		40	27	14.5	10.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 38–10

vs Robert Morris

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 28-point win at home against Robert Morris.

With M. Myers — 69 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 47 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · J. Patterson — 90 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week