6′2″ · 301 lb · Atlanta, GA · Mays
Aaron Cochran: DL · UCF · #43.
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Aaron Cochran
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Aaron Cochran has been at UCF through three head coaches in four seasons. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against South Carolina State — Week 2, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 him by name this season.
Roundtable Oct 19
Sports Illustrated Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17@ UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs South Carolina State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 56-36vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-20vs SMU | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-10@ East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-40vs Temple | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-10@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-41vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 38-0
5 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 38-point win at home against South Carolina State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
20%3 hurries15 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
40.0%
393 pass / 589 run
Plays / game
75.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 24 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: George O'Leary, Scott Frost, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
