#88

Sedarius McConnell

Senior defensive lineman for Boston College. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Boston College · Sr. · #88

6′3″ · 279 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 47 · #231 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Boston College for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Tackles for loss: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

7.5 TFL · 31 tackles

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, at Pittsburgh

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Boston College. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2021.
Transferred from Illinois to Boston College in 2024.

His career, year by year

Sedarius McConnell

DL · Boston College · Sr · #88

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Sedarius McConnell has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles against Louisville — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #231 of 420?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.9	0.1	0.0
Road5g	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #231 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #231 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #39 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	31	17	7.5	2.5	--	--	--
2024	Boston College	14	7	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Illinois	8	4	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Illinois	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		55	29	8.0	2.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 66–10

vs Fordham

1 TFL · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 56-point win at home against Fordham.

With G. James — 190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · D. Lonergan — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.3 · -3 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	3	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 40-42@ Michigan State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 20-30@ Stanford	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 24-28vs California	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 7	L 10-41vs Clemson	4	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 9	L 24-38@ Louisville	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 34-36vs Georgia Tech	4	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 34-12@ Syracuse	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Total		31	17	7.5	2.5	—

How he plays

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 games

31Tackles

17Solo

7.5TFL

2.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 21 sack
Week 61 sack
Week 80.5 sacks

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

Boston College

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Boston College

Returning around him

4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #71 · 2026 recruiting class #53

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nahki Johnson’s 2025 season.

Nahki Johnson

86%match

Tulsa · 2025

Elijah Morris

East Carolina · 2023

82%

Parker Devine

Georgia Southern · 2021

82%

Philip Blidi

Texas Tech · 2022

82%

Charles Looes

Rice · 2024

81%

Matches Nahki on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Morris's senior season at East Carolina (2023).

Elijah Morris

84%match

East Carolina · 2023

Martez Poynter

Toledo · 2024

All-MAC

79%

Dion Washington

Hawai'i · 2024

79%

James Mitchell

Colorado State · 2023

NFL Rd 5

78%

Ronald Triplette

Georgia Tech · 2025

77%

Matches Elijah on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Elijah on

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Sedarius McConnell

Thomas Witte

Nevada · 2024

89%

Travis Nesbitt

Coastal Carolina · 2025

88%

Nahki Johnson

Tulsa · 2025

86%

Kyler Drake

New Mexico · 2024

85%

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

2021

20249 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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