Senior defensive lineman for Minnesota. 2025: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
6′6″ · 300 lb · Osseo, MN
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
Tackles for loss: 69th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sack · 2025
3.5 TFL · 11 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Michigan State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Minnesota. 2025: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
His career, year by yearNate Becker
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Minnesota defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles, 2 TFL against Michigan State — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 16-10 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (4th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-10vs Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Northwestern State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-27@ California | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-28vs Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-42@ Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-41@ Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-20vs Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 13-42@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-38@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Minnesota
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Minnesota
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Minnesota · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #41 · 2026 recruiting class #28
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to James Thompson Jr.’s 2022 season.
Matches James on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to James Thompson Jr.'s sophomore season at Wisconsin (2022).
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Player DNA