#48

Tanner Karafa

Senior defensive lineman for Boston College. 2019: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

DL · Boston College · Sr. · #48

6′3″ · 285 lb · Ashburn, VA

Boston College 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Boston College. 2019: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boston College, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Boston College

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

Played his entire career under Steve Addazio.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Steve Addazio — 27-24 over that span.

2016Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#415 / 2688 · 84th pct

6.5

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

Tackles#644 / 2688 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#681 / 2688 · 74th pct

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st 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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.3
Road7g	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.4	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Boston College	51	30	6.5	2.0	2	1	--
2018	Boston College	46	26	8.5	4.0	--	--	--
2017	Boston College	16	10	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
2016	Boston College	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		114	67	17.0	6.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 35–28

vs Virginia Tech

2 PD · 3 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Virginia Tech at home in a shootout.

With A. Brown — 275 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.4 · 17 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · G. Carlson — 38 AVG · 48 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week