#56

Steven Leggett

Senior defensive tackle for Florida Atlantic. 2018: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

DT · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #56

6′1″ · 290 lb · Belle Glade, FL

Florida Atlantic 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive tackle for Florida Atlantic. 2018: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 2572 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida Atlantic, 84 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Florida Atlantic2-star out of Glades Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2572 national

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016

Charlie Partridge

Florida Atlantic

2017–2018

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2017Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy

2018Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#103 / 2662 · 95th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

Tackles#1953 / 2662 · 26th pct

Solo tackles#2056 / 2662 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Florida Atlantic	19	9	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Florida Atlantic	35	13	5.5	1.5	--	--	--
2016	Florida Atlantic	30	9	4.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		84	31	11.5	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018

W 49–28

vs Bethune-Cookman

1 TOT · 2 QB HUR

Dominant 21-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With C. Robison — 171 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · 42 rush yds (4 car) · K. Whyte Jr. — 100 rush yds (15 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 14-63@ Oklahoma	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 33-26vs Air Force	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 49-28vs Bethune-Cookman	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 36-56@ UCF	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 24-25@ Middle Tennessee	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 6	W 52-33vs Old Dominion	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 7-31@ Marshall	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 13-21vs Louisiana Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 49-14@ Florida International	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 34-15vs Western Kentucky	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 38-41@ North Texas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 24-27vs Charlotte	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Total		19	9	2.0	1.0	—

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

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays