Senior defensive lineman on Eastern Michigan's 2018 roster.
6′5″ · 260 lb · Helsinki
The story
4 defensive lineman on Eastern Michigan's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearVille Valasti
Second year in the Eastern Michigan defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Buffalo, Week 3, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Eastern Michigan — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 12-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018
W 51–17
vs Monmouth
1 TOT
Dominant 34-point win at home against Monmouth.
With T. Wiegers — 238 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 11 rush yds (2 car) · J. Julien — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-17vs Monmouth | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-35@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-26vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-37vs Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-7vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |