Senior linebacker for Kent State. 2025: 16 tackles.
6′1″ · 217 lb · Toledo, OH
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 linebacker for Kent State. 2025: 16 tackles.
How he plays
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Sacks: 24th percentile.
The full scouting readSemaj Cross
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He got to Kent State by way of Lafayette. The receipt: 4 tackles against Florida State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 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 · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #55 of 55 Mid-American LBs
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
With D. Clark — 1 TD · 100 AVG · 100 LONG · C. Wolford — 1 rush yds (1 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Merrimack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-62@ Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-66@ Florida State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-44@ Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-6vs Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-45@ Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35@ Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Linebacker · Kent State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #130 · 2026 recruiting class #122
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to EJ Green’s 2021 season.
Matches EJ on
Differs from EJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Terrence Williams's senior season at Louisiana (2024).
Matches Terrence on
Differs from Terrence on