Mike Lockhart

Former defensive tackle at SMU. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DT · SMU · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 317 lb · Birmingham, AL

CFB Index 62 · #93 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceSMU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1106 nationally · Signed with Huffman

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at SMU. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Huffman in 2019.
Transferred from West Virginia to SMU in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at SMU, 83 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Recruited3-star out of Huffman

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1106 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022–2024

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Georgia Tech3-7HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #93 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#585 / 2892 · 74th pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Tackles#1833 / 2892 · 35th pct

Solo tackles#2656 / 2892 · 7th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #93 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #93 at the position.

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 34–27

at Louisville

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 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

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology