Senior defensive lineman on UConn's 2023 roster.
6′5″ · 296 lb · Florence, SC
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
DT recruit
No. 1945 nationally · Signed with Old Dominion
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on UConn's roster.
Sokoya McDuffie
Wins his gap play after play. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Massachusetts, Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UConn, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Randy Edsall, Lou Spanos, and Jim Mora. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (8th 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UConn | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | UConn | 11 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 28 | 10 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Old Dominion | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 22 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023
W 31–3
vs Sacred Heart
1 PD
Dominant 28-point win at home against Sacred Heart.
With T. Roberson — 201 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.5 · 30 rush yds (4 car) · G. Caratan — 44 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-24vs NC State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-35@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-41vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21@ Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 31-3vs Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-18@ Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 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
12 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 2023 production profile sits closest to Jordan Bertagnole’s 2021 season.
Matches Jordan on
Differs from Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Corey Walker's senior season at Wisconsin (2025).
Matches Corey on
Player DNA