I remember when we were using a three five defense, the linemen were supposed to tie up the opposing offensive linemen so the linebackers could make plays. I say that to make it clear that stats about tackles, like all statistics can be misleading. But, when looking at rankings for sacks it doesn’t matter who wasn’t making the tackles UTEP was horrible. Maybe horrible is too easy on them. We also know that there are lots of factors that go into getting those sacks. So, I figured I would just bring you some information. Here is the team stats for the defense last season;
Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf
16 Alvin Jones 10-8 44 49 93 6.0-28 2.5-22 . 1 . . . . .
45 Dante Lovilotte 12-12 38 51 89 6.5-18 0.5-7 . 3 4 . 1 . .
36 Nick Usher 12-12 35 42 77 8.0-41 5.5-31 . 2 5 . . 1 .
27 Devin Cockrell 12-12 31 27 58 3.0-8 . . 1 1 1-0 . . .
20 Nik Needham 12-12 28 26 54 2.0-3 . . 11 . . . . .
2S Dashone Smith 12-12 25 28 53 . . 2-7 3 . . . . .
55 Mike Sota 12-9 12 35 47 2.5-4 . . 1 2 . . . .
1 Kalon Beverly 10-8 24 17 41 . . 1-0 6 . . . . .
3 Jayson VanHook 12-9 17 19 36 5.5-18 1.0-2 . . . . . . .
56 Sky Logan 12-4 12 22 34 2.5-6 0.5-2 . 3 . 1-27 . . .
24 Brendan Royal 12-0 14 19 33 1.5-8 . 1-12 3 . . . . .
54 Silas Firstley 12-7 13 20 33 2.5-5 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . .
97 Brian Madunezim 12-6 6 26 32 1.0-10 1.0-10 . . 4 . 1 . .
63 Gino Bresolin 10-10 8 17 25 . . . . 2 . . . .
33 Lawrence Montegut 12-0 12 12 24 1.5-5 0.5-4 . . 2 1-0 . 1 .
23 Justin Rogers 11-4 10 7 17 . . 1-26 7 1 1-0 1 . .
8J Johnny Jones 11-0 4 9 13 . . . . . . . . .
49 Gene Hopkins 10-5 10 3 13 3.0-17 1.0-11 . . . . 1 . .
44 Cooper Foster 12-0 4 7 11 . . . . . . . . .
9 Chris Richardson 12-2 4 17 21 . . . 1 . . . . .
39 Kolbi McGary 10-0 8 1 9 . . 1-2 1 . . . . . 95 Denzel Chukwukelu 7-0 4 4 8 . . . . 2 . . . .
66 Christian Harper 12-0 . 7 7 . . . . . . . . .
12 Adrian Hynson 12-0 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
84 Luke Elsner 3-0 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
1S Devin Simmons 6-0 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
5 Leon Hayes 12-0 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
43 Makana Fraser 3-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
52 Dylan Parsee 10-0 1 2 3 . . . . 1 . . . .
9 Jaquan White 12-0 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
34 Stephen Forester 3-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
6 Brandon Moss 11-0 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
85 Hayden Plinke 12-12 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
14 Alex Jean Charles 5-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
7W Curtez Woods 2-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
98 Foster Dixson 6-0 . 2 2 0.5-4 0.5-4 . . . . . . .
67 Anthony Kyles 8-1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
15 Darrin Laufasa 12-12 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
10 Warren Redix 12-6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
18 Jerrell Brown 4-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
47 Jay Mattox 12-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
29 Aaron Jones 12-12 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
83 Tyler Batson 11-0 . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
7 Kavika Johnson 12-1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
TM TEAM 8-0 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . .
Total 12 387 488 875 46-175 14-94 6-47 44 25 5-27 4 3 .
Opponents 12 406 378 784 72-345 22-186 8-165 45 30 8-63 9 2
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I know this post is about the d-line, but I may have to put it up in two posts. Nick Usher is gone on. The next d-lineman on the list is Mike Sota and he returns as a Senior. Then, Sky Logan is the next returning lineman on the list. Silas Firstly has moved on as has Madunezum and Bresolin. Chris Richardson is a returning Red Shirt Sophomore as is Gene Hopkins. Chukwukelu (S) is next. Harper was a Senior last year. Now that you have that to chew on, I will give you the info on the d-linemen themselves in Part 2.
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