Senior defensive lineman for Kent State. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
6′3″ · 240 lb · Baltimore, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sacks · 2025
1.5 TFL · 19 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 0.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Merrimack
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Kent State. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
Mattheus Carroll
Wins his gap play after play. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Central Michigan — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sean Lewis, Kenni Burns, and Mark Carney. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #286 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #29 of 43 Mid-American DLs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 19 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Kent State | 14 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Kent State | 18 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 53 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
1 SOLO · 3 TOT · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With D. Clark — 1 TD · 100 AVG · 100 LONG · C. Wolford — 1 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Merrimack | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-66@ Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35@ Akron | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-28vs Central Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Kent State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #130 · 2026 recruiting class #122
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Aeneas DiCosmo’s 2022 season.
Matches Aeneas on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Marco Notarainni's senior season at Boise State (2025).
Matches Marco on
Player DNA