Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Fordham | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
#92
Ahmad Poole
Redshirt senior defensive lineman for Coastal Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 305 lb · Danville, VA · George Washington
CFB Index 67 · #86 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceTransferred Missouri State → Coastal Carolina for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
1
sack · 2026
2 TFL · 7 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Fordham
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Coastal Carolina. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Transferred from Missouri State to Coastal Carolina in 2026.
Ahmad Poole
Wins his gap play after play. Ahmad Poole has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against West Virginia — Week 1, 2026.
7 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Jeremiah Johnson
Coastal Carolina
2026era →
Ryan Beard
Coastal Carolina
Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremiah Johnson → Ryan Beard. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Coastal Carolina
2025Missouri State
2026Coastal Carolina
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Missouri State7-6HC: Nick Petrino · Balanced
2026Coastal Carolina1-1HC: Ryan Beard · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 3.5 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 0.5 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
67 · #86 of 330 interior linemen
Unranked recruit. Now #86 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Missouri State | 28 | 15 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 19 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 45–7
vs Fordham
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Dominant 38-point win at home against Fordham.
With R. Podesta — 39 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG · D. Bailey — 203 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Terray Jones’s 2023 season.
89%match
Matches Terray on
Sack rate
Weight
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Gi'Narious Johnson's freshman season at South Alabama (2020).
82%match
Matches Gi'Narious on
TFL rate
Sack rate
Height
Differs from Gi'Narious on
Class year (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Ahmad Poole
Background
2025 (Redshirt Junior) - Missouri State Appeared in all 13 games with five starts Recorded 28 tackles, including 15 solo stops Added 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble and one pass breakup Posted a season-high five tackles against Kennesaw State Recorded a sack and forced fumble in...
The defensive line · Coastal Carolina
- #1Ibrahim Diawara6 tackles for loss · 2025
- #7DJ Wesolak5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #50Mitchell Toney5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #92Ahmad Poole3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #90Reggie Jean1 tackle for loss · 2025
12 more on the roster · Coastal Carolina team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology