Matt Leo: DE · Iowa State · #89.
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Matt Leo
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Second year in the same defensive front at Iowa State. On tape: 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against West Virginia, Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX61 Oct 28
The Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona Daily Star Oct 22
Wide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-26vs Northern Iowa | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-18vs No. 19 Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 72-20vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-24vs TCU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-14@ West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 34-24@ Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-34vs Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 41-42@ No. 9 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-31vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 9-33vs No. 14 Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 5.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2019
W 38-14
2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Dominant 24-point win on the road against West Virginia.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
7%1 sackTFL rate
39%6 TFL14 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Matt Campbell — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 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
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Pass share
54.6%
482 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
516 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Iowa State, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Matt Campbell.
From Adelaide, SA — one of 98 players from Australia in FBS this season.
