Junior defensive lineman on Louisiana's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 312 lb · New Orleans, LA
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. 2406 nationally · Signed with Louisiana
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on Louisiana's roster.
Sonny Hazard
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Sonny Hazard has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Louisiana. The receipt: 4 tackles against Minnesota — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Louisiana, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (17th 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 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
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 in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #296 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 38–13
3 SOLO · 3 TOT
Dominant 25-point win at home against Northwestern State.
With T. Leo — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 52 LONG · B. Wooldridge — 223 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.6 · 29 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-13vs Northwestern State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-38@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-21@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-35@ Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-20@ South Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-21vs UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 31-34vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Alexander Skelton’s 2021 season.
Matches Alexander on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tai Newhouse's junior season at Tulsa (2025).
Matches Tai on
Player DNA