Former defensive lineman at Colorado. 2024: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
6′3″ · 275 lb · Dayton, 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
Former defensive lineman at Colorado. 2024: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.
Shane Cokes
Wins his gap play after play. Dartmouth to Colorado — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 1 sacks against Baylor, Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Colorado, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Deion Sanders, all pass-leaning offenses — 13-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 31–26
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
With S. Sanders — 445 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.8 · 17 rush yds (6 car) · J. Horn Jr. — 7 rec · 198 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-26vs North Dakota State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-28@ Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-9@ Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-31vs Baylor | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 48-21@ UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-7@ Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-23vs Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-0vs Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 14-36vs BYU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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 2024 production profile sits closest to Taurean Carter’s 2023 season.
Matches Taurean on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Deshon Hall's sophomore season at Louisiana Tech (2021).
Matches Deshon on
Player DNA