SirVocea Dennis

Former linebacker at Pittsburgh. 2022: 89 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

LB · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 230 lb · Syracuse, NY

CFB Index 89 · #17 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTampa Bay — drafted 2023, Rd 5, Pick 19, #153 overall

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 3111 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

Statement game11 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 0.5 sacksat Boston College (FBS) · L 30-31

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

SirVocea Dennis just makes plays. All the time. Dude can ball.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 6His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Pittsburgh. 2022: 89 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Tampa Bay in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 227 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #153 overall by Tampa Bay.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Pittsburgh2-star out of The Peddie School

202010 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

202212 games

All-ACCfirst

2023

Drafted by Tampa Bayround 5, pick 153

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3111 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #153

Tampa Bay · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

#153Rd 5 · Pick 19

Tampa BayEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 34-17 over that span.

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Pittsburgh9-4HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

89All-Conference level #17 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (97th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#59 / 2755 · 98th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#70 / 2755 · 97th pct

11.5

Tackles#90 / 2755 · 97th pct

QB hurries#79 / 2755 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#133 / 2755 · 95th pct

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.3	0.8	0.5	0.1
Road5g	6.2	1.2	0.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.5	0.8	0.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	8.3	1.2	0.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #17 of 548 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Pittsburgh	89	45	11.5	6.5	3	1	--
2021	Pittsburgh	82	38	10.0	4.0	--	1	--
2020	Pittsburgh	55	36	14.0	3.0	--	--	--
2019	Pittsburgh	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		227	120	35.5	13.5	3	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-31vs West Virginia	7	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 27-34vs Tennessee	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-13@ Western Michigan	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Rhode Island	7	2	1.0	0.5	—	1
Wk 5	L 21-26vs Georgia Tech	11	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-29vs Virginia Tech	6	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-24@ Louisville	6	3	2.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 24-42@ North Carolina	8	6	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 19-9vs Syracuse	8	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 37-7@ Virginia	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 28-26vs Duke	14	6	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 13	W 42-16@ Miami	6	3	1.5	1.0	1	0
Total		89	45	11.5	6.5	1	3

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