Senior defensive lineman for Wake Forest. 2021: 0.5 sacks, 1 tackle for loss, 18 tackles.
6′2″ · 291 lb · Richmond, VA
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. 393 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Wake Forest. 2021: 0.5 sacks, 1 tackle for loss, 18 tackles.
Sulaiman Kamara
Wins his gap play after play. This is his fifth year in the same defensive front at Wake Forest. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Duke — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wake Forest, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dave Clawson.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (9th 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
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 18 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 15 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 25 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 28 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 12 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 98 | 42 | 10.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10vs Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Norfolk State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-17@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-34vs Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-37@ Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 70-56@ Army | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-7vs Duke | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 55-58@ North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-10@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
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
17 tackles. 0 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 2021 production profile sits closest to Brandon Matterson’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Matterson's senior season at UTSA (2021).
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Player DNA