Senior linebacker for UConn. 2021: 47 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′0″ · 212 lb · Stamford, CT
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 1916 nationally · Signed with UConn
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for UConn. 2021: 47 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Omar Fortt
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Omar Fortt has played for two head coaches in four seasons at UConn. One game to point at: 12 tackles, 2 TFL against Holy Cross — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UConn, 232 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Randy Edsall → Lou Spanos. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th 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
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #389 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021
W 21–15
vs Yale
1 SOLO · 2 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.
With J. McFadden — 3 PTS · 39 AVG · 4 IN 20 · S. Krajewski — 199 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-45@ Fresno State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 28-38vs Holy Cross | 12 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 0-49vs Purdue | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-15vs Yale | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-44vs Middle Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-44@ Clemson | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-49@ UCF | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-45vs Houston | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 23 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 2 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Benz Josue’s 2021 season.
Matches Benz on
Differs from Benz on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Hollobaugh's junior season at Ohio (2025).
Matches Cameron on
Player DNA