Senior defensive end for Louisiana Tech. 2018: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 18 tackles.
6′3″ · 243 lb · Central, LA
The story
4 defensive end for Louisiana Tech. 2018: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 18 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMatthew Ydarraga
This is his third year in the same defensive front at Louisiana Tech. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against LSU, Week 4, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Louisiana Tech, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Skip Holtz.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 24-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (5th 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
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 18 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 30 | 23 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 54 | 31 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018
W 54–17
vs Southern
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-26@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-17vs Southern | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 21-38@ LSU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 29-27@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-28vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-3@ UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-13@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-21@ Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.