Tommy Dawkins: DL · App State · #91.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tommy Dawkins
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons at App State span three head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz and Shawn Clark. One game to point at: 2 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-25@ No. 22 Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-10vs Elon | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-16@ Georgia State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-41@ Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-28vs UL Monroe | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-14@ Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-7@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-3vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-24@ No. 20 Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
20%2 hurries10 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
4.5%
23 pass / 490 run
Plays / game
39.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
