Adrian Gonzalez: DL · Eastern Michigan · #90.
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Adrian Gonzalez
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the Eastern Michigan defensive front. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 20 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 19-17vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-26@ Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-10vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-14vs Kent State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-20@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-45vs Western Michigan | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 24-11@ Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-59vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
6%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries16 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
46.1%
358 pass / 418 run
Plays / game
59.7
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
From Guanajuato, Mexico — one of 4 players from Mexico in FBS this season.
