#89

Matt Leo

Senior defensive end for Iowa State. 2019: 1 sack, 5.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.

DE · Iowa State · Sr. · #89

6′7″ · 275 lb · Adelaide, SA

Iowa State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Iowa State. 2019: 1 sack, 5.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Iowa State, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Iowa State

2018–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Matt Campbell — 15-11 over that span.

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (13th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Solo tackles#1985 / 2688 · 24th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

Tackles#2286 / 2688 · 13th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.0
Road3g	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.9	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

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	Iowa State	14	10	5.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Iowa State	19	13	6.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		33	23	11.5	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 29–26

vs Northern Iowa

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Purdy — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.7 · -11 rush yds (2 car) · J. Rivera — 38 AVG · 41 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week