Suirad Ware: DL · East Carolina · #53.
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Suirad Ware
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the East Carolina defensive front. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Navy — Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | East Carolina | 21 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | East Carolina | 18 | 8 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 23 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Career | 69 | 23 | 13.0 | 5.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Norfolk State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14@ Old Dominion | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 19-21vs App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-20vs UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-45@ No. 23 Army | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-34vs Temple | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-31@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 40-28@ North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-34vs Navy | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 26-21vs NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 20-14
at Old Dominion
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
19%4 hurries21 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
47.9%
427 pass / 465 run
Plays / game
68.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
448 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #339 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at East Carolina, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
