Mikail Kamara is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Indiana.
Kamara disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Curt Cignetti and Damian Wroblewski. All-Big Ten in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Kennesaw State, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indiana | 34 | 12 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Indiana | 46 | 18 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | James Madison | 51 | 28 | 18.5 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2022 | James Madison | 13 | 6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -- |
| Career | 144 | 64 | 43.5 | 21.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-14vs Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-9vs Kennesaw State | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 73-0vs Indiana State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-15@ Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-20@ No. 3 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-6vs UCLA | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-10@ Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-24@ Penn State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-7vs Wisconsin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-3@ Purdue | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 13-10vs No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-3vs No. 11 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 56-22vs No. 5 Oregon | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-21vs No. 10 Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 12 | 7.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 56-9
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 47-point win at home against Kennesaw State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%8 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
12%4 hurries34 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Pass share
38.7%
404 pass / 641 run
Plays / game
65.3
16 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #103 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #19 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Curt Cignetti.
