Senior linebacker for UTEP. 2020: 62 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Dallas, TX
The story
4 linebacker for UTEP. 2020: 62 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearStephen Forester
Stephen Forester has been at UTEP through two head coaches in four seasons. 2020 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 12 tackles against UTSA — Week 11, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UTEP, 96 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sean Kugler → Dana Dimel. 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
Elite: tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st 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
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 8.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2020
W 24–14
5 TOT · 3 SOLO
With G. Hardison — 212 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 4 rush yds (4 car) · D. Hankins — 113 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-14vs Stephen F. Austin | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-59@ Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-13vs Abilene Christian | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-6@ UL Monroe | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-21@ Louisiana Tech | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-38@ Charlotte | 9 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 11 | L 21-52@ UTSA | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 15 | L 43-45vs North Texas | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 29 | 5.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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