Trey Laing: DL · Eastern Michigan · #97.
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Trey Laing
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Charlie Strong and Chris Creighton. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Central Michigan — Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 | Eastern Michigan | 21 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2019 | South Florida | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 27 | 13 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-14@ Massachusetts | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-34vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 36-0vs Saint Francis | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-38vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-34vs Central Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 21-25@ Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-29vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-35@ Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-37vs Buffalo | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 18-26@ Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Week 4 · 2024
W 36-0
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 36-point win at home against Saint Francis.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
26%6 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
10%2 hurries21 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
46.9%
415 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
73.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
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 #267 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons, at South Florida and Eastern Michigan, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Charlie Strong, Tom Allen and Chris Creighton.
