Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Kentucky: Mark Stoops and Will Stein. First career honor, 2024: All-America (NCAA). On tape: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Vanderbilt, Week 8, 2026.
27 tackles · 5 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -12 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Defensive profile
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%8 TFL
Sack rate
19%5 sacks
Hurry rate
33%9 hurries
27 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
Teams and coaches
2025Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning
2026Kentucky7-1HC: Will Stein · Run-leaning
Our ratings
CFB Zeitgeist Score 91 (#10 of 405). Show the ratings
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home/Road · Season halves
Home vs Road
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Home5g
3.8
1.2
0.7
0.2
Road3g
2.7
0.5
0.5
0.3
First half vs Second half
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Weeks 1-77g
3.1
0.8
0.6
0.3
Weeks 8+1g
5.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
2026 season
Head Coach
Will Stein
Pass share
46.1%
233 pass / 272 run
Plays / game
63.1
8 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
257 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Starter
27 tackles in 8 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).