#29

Louis Vecchio

Senior defensive lineman for Vanderbilt. 2018: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #29

6′5″ · 258 lb · Orange, CA

Vanderbilt 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Vanderbilt. 2018: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Vanderbilt, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Vanderbilt

2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Vanderbilt6-7HC: Derek Mason · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#308 / 2662 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

Tackles#1671 / 2662 · 36th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th 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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Vanderbilt	24	14	4.0	3.0	2	1	--
Career		24	14	4.0	3.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2018

W 31–27

vs Tennessee State

1 TOT

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

With K. Shurmur — 297 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · 6 rush yds (1 car) · K. Lipscomb — 9 rec · 174 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week