#58

Theodore Eboigbe

Senior defensive end for Kent State. 2018: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DE · Kent State · Sr. · #58

6′1″ · 261 lb · Lithonia, GA

Kent State 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Kent State. 2018: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Kent State in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 2424 nationally · Signed with Kent State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Kent State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2015

Signed with Kent State2-star out of Arabia Mountain

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2424 national

CFB

College

Kent State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

Paul Haynes

Kent State

2018

Sean Lewis

Kent State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Haynes → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Kent State3-9HC: Paul Haynes · Run-heavy

2017Kent State2-10HC: Paul Haynes · Run-heavy

2018Kent State2-10HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles#1451 / 2662 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1761 / 2662 · 32nd 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Kent State	28	12	3.0	2.0	1	--	--
2017	Kent State	39	23	5.0	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Kent State	22	13	5.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		89	48	13.0	4.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 54–14

vs Howard

1 TFL · 2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 40-point win at home against Howard.

With J. Rankin — 147 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · G. Urenovitch — 30 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-31@ Illinois	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 54-14vs Howard	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-63@ Penn State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-38@ Ole Miss	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-52@ Ball State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 26-27vs Ohio	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 6-31@ Miami (OH)	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 23-24vs Akron	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 35-28@ Bowling Green	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 34-56vs Toledo	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 20-28vs Eastern Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		28	12	3.0	2.0	—	1

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

Theodore Eboigbe

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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