Sharif Finch: DL · Temple · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Sharif Finch
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Temple. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 13 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-49@ Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-13vs Villanova | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 29-21vs Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | L 7-43@ No. 21 South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-20vs Houston | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-10@ East Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-28vs UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-31@ Army | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-26vs Navy | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 35-24@ Cincinnati | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 19-45vs No. 14 UCF | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 43-22@ Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-3vs Florida International | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 32 | 13.0 | 8.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%13 TFLSack rate
16%8 sacksHurry rate
12%6 hurries49 tackles · 13 for loss · 8 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Geoff Collins
Pass share
49.6%
450 pass / 458 run
Plays / game
69.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
49 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Temple, 9 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
