#95

Renell Wren

Former defensive lineman at Arizona State. 2018: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

DL · Arizona State · Sr. · #95

6′6″ · 297 lb · St. Louis, MO

Cincinnati — drafted 2019, Rd 4, Pick 23, #125 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 412 nationally · Signed with Arizona State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Arizona State. 2018: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona State in 2014.
Drafted round 4 by the Cincinnati in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arizona State, 3 sacks — drafted at #125 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Arizona State3-star out of Lutheran North

2019

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 4, pick 125

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#412 national

CFB

College

Arizona State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #125

Cincinnati · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Todd Graham

Arizona State

2018

Herm Edwards

Arizona State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Todd Graham → Herm Edwards. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 8th NFL season

#125Rd 4 · Pick 23

CincinnatiEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Arizona State5-7HC: Todd Graham · Balanced

2017Arizona State7-6HC: Todd Graham · Run-leaning

2018Arizona State7-6HC: Herm Edwards · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#693 / 2662 · 72nd pct

4.5

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1081 / 2662 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1124 / 2662 · 56th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4
Road5g	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Arizona State	36	20	4.5	1.0	2	--	--
2017	Arizona State	21	12	3.0	0.5	--	1	1
2016	Arizona State	16	11	6.0	1.5	3	--	--
Career		73	43	13.5	3.0	5	1	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 38–20

vs Utah

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With M. Wilkins — 285 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 24 rush yds (8 car) · E. Benjamin — 175 rush yds (27 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-7vs UTSA	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-13vs Michigan State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-28@ San Diego State	6	4	1.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 5	W 52-24vs Oregon State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-28@ Colorado	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-20vs Stanford	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 9	W 38-35@ USC	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-20vs Utah	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 29-31@ Oregon	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 20-31@ Fresno State	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		36	20	4.5	1.0	—	2

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

2014

2019

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays