Mohamed Kamara

Former defensive lineman at Colorado State. 2023: 12 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, 55 tackles.

DL · Colorado State · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 250 lb · Newark, NJ

CFB Index 96 · #3 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamMiami — drafted 2024, Rd 5, Pick 23, #158 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1731 nationally · Signed with Colorado State

Statement game5 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksat Utah State (FBS) · L 24-44

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

Oh fuck, Kamara.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Colorado State. 2023: 12 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Miami in 2024.
Named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Colorado State, 29 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #158 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20198 games

Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Central

202212 games

All-Mountain Westsecond

202312 games

All-Mountain Westfirst
Mountain West Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2024

Drafted by Miamiround 5, pick 158

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1731 national

CFB

College

Colorado State

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #158

Miami · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

2020–2021

Steve Addazio

Colorado State

era →

2022–2023

Jay Norvell

Colorado State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

#158Rd 5 · Pick 23

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Colorado State4-8HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced

2020Colorado State1-3HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning

2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Colorado State5-7HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

96All-America level #3 of 418?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#5 / 2842 · 100th pct

12.0

Tackles for loss#18 / 2842 · 99th pct

16.0

QB hurries#19 / 2842 · 99th pct

Tackles#456 / 2842 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#615 / 2842 · 78th pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th 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

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.2
Road6g	4.0	1.3	1.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	1.8	1.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.9	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 418 FBS edge rushers by CFB Index Score.2023 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #3 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Colorado State	55	28	16.0	12.0	1	--	--
2022	Colorado State	43	24	15.5	8.0	--	--	--
2021	Colorado State	36	22	9.5	7.5	1	--	--
2020	Colorado State	21	7	1.5	1.5	--	--	--
2019	Colorado State	22	11	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		177	92	44.0	29.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2023

W 41–20

vs Utah Tech

8 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 21-point win at home against Utah Tech.

With B. Fowler-Nicolosi — 462 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.4 · 27 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · T. Horton — 10 rec · 227 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-50vs Washington State	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 35-43@ Colorado	5	4	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 4	W 31-23@ Middle Tennessee	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-20vs Utah Tech	8	3	3.0	1.5	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	L 24-44@ Utah State	5	3	3.0	3.0	—	0	3 sacks
Wk 7	W 31-30vs Boise State	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 23-25@ UNLV	7	3	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 13-30vs Air Force	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 15-24@ Wyoming	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 22-19vs San Diego State	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 30-20vs Nevada	7	3	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 13	L 24-27@ Hawai'i	3	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		55	28	16.0	12.0	—	1

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

Mohamed Kamara

20198 games

202212 games

202312 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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