Luis Medina

Senior defensive tackle for Troy. 2025: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

DT · Troy · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 305 lb · Summerville, GA

CFB Index 71 · #69 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Troy for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

Sacks: 80th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 36 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Nicholls

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Troy. 2025: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

His career, year by year

Luis Medina

DT · Troy · Sr · #1

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Six seasons at Troy, three different head coaches: Chip Lindsey, Jon Sumrall and Gerad Parker. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 6 tackles against South Alabama — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Troy5-6HC: Chip Lindsey · Pass-leaning

2021Troy5-7HC: Chip Lindsey · Balanced

2022Troy12-2HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-leaning

2023Troy11-3HC: Jon Sumrall · Balanced

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #69 of 330?

Low confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#2282 / 2975 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #69 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #8 of 15 Sun Belt DTs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Troy	36	8	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
2024	Troy	17	9	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Troy	23	11	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Troy	3	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Troy	28	11	2.5	2.5	--	--	--
2020	Troy	30	13	1.5	1.5	--	--	--
Career		137	53	12.0	7.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Nicholls

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

With T. Meadows — 186 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · W. Crowder — 144 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.3 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Nicholls	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 16-27@ Clemson	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 7-28vs Memphis	2	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Buffalo	4	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	W 48-41@ Texas State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 37-14@ UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	4	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	4	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 0-33@ Old Dominion	4	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 13-17@ Jacksonville State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		36	8	4.0	2.0	—

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

Luis Medina

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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