Mike Lockhart: DT · SMU · #9.
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Mike Lockhart
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. On tape: 4 tackles against Duke, Week 9, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SMU | 22 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 21 | 10 | 9.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 13 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 17 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 83 | 28 | 14.5 | 4.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-24@ Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Houston Christian | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 66-42vs TCU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-16vs Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-27@ No. 22 Louisville | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-10@ Stanford | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 28-27@ Duke | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-25vs No. 18 Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-28vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 33-7@ Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-6vs California | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2024
W 38-28
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Edged out Boston College at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
9%2 hurries22 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
45.3%
436 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
68.8
14 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #93 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Georgia Tech, West Virginia and SMU, 83 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Geoff Collins, Neal Brown and Rhett Lashlee.
