Senior defensive end for Virginia. 2023: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Carrollton, TX
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.
The story
4 defensive end for Virginia. 2023: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 3099 nationally · Signed with Columbia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonPaul Akere
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. He got to Virginia by way of Columbia. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Virginia Tech — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Virginia, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Tony Elliott — 6-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (3rd 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #406 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023
W 30–27
vs Duke
2 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With A. Colandrea — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.1 · 66 rush yds (9 car) · D. Sparks — 43 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-49@ Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-36vs James Madison | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-27@ North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-29@ Miami | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-45vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31@ Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-27vs Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-55vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 15 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to KJ Henry’s 2022 season.
Matches KJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Myjai Sanders's sophomore season at Cincinnati (2021).
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Player DNA