Mohamed Kamara: DL · Colorado State · #8.
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Mohamed Kamara
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Colorado State. Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Utah Tech — Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 16 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 18 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 No. 19 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 |
Week 5 · 2023
W 41-20
vs Utah Tech
1.5 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Utah Tech.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%16 TFLSack rate
22%12 sacksHurry rate
18%10 hurries55 tackles · 16 for loss · 12 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Jay Norvell
Pass share
60.4%
501 pass / 328 run
Plays / game
69.1
12 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
502 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 418 FBS edge rushers by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2023 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado State, 29 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #158 overall by the Miami Dolphins.
A stat line in 46 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Miami DolphinsEntering 3rd NFL season
Miami DolphinsEntering 3rd NFL season
