Defensive end on Kent State's 2017 roster.
6′2″ · 265 lb · Kent, OH
The story
2017 defensive end on Kent State's roster.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 3336 nationally · Signed with Kent State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonMatthew Sommers
He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has three seasons of production at Kent State behind him. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Ohio — Week 8, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kent State — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Paul Haynes.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Paul Haynes — 8-28 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (2nd 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
2017 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
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 · 2017
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kent State | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Kent State | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Kent State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2017
W 38–31
vs Howard
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-31vs Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-21@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-42@ Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-27vs Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-48@ Ohio | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 14-24@ Akron | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Player DNA