Senior defensive lineman on Kent State's 2022 roster.
6′2″ · 272 lb · Hillside, NJ
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
SDE recruit
No. 288 nationally · Joined Kent State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Kent State's roster.
Sekou Diaby
Wins his gap play after play. Third year in the Kent State defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles against Bowling Green — Week 11, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kent State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Sean Lewis.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Sean Lewis — 15-14 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #267 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kent State | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kent State | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 28 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022
W 63–10
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-45@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-33@ Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Long Island University | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-27vs Akron | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 20-27vs Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-6@ Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27@ Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jordan Thompson’s 2022 season.
Matches Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Thompson's junior season at Rutgers (2023).
Matches Jordan on
Player DNA