Sam Renner: DL · Minnesota · #90.
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Sam Renner
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two seasons in the Minnesota defensive front to date. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Iowa — Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs South Dakota State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35@ Fresno State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Purdue | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-10vs Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26vs No. 5 Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-23@ No. 23 Iowa | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 38-22@ Northwestern | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-38vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-24vs No. 9 Auburn | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 24 | 8.5 | 5.0 | — | 4 |
Bowl · 2019
W 31-24
vs Auburn · neutral site
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%8 TFLSack rate
12%5 sacksHurry rate
2%1 hurry43 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
37.2%
322 pass / 544 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
43 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
