Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 230 lb · White Plains, NY
Da'Sean Downey: DL · Massachusetts · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Da'Sean Downey
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his third year in the same defensive front at Massachusetts. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 4 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 20 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 58 | 36 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 48 | 25 | 8.5 | 6.0 | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Massachusetts | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 106 | 61 | 28.5 | 12.0 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-38vs Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-17vs Old Dominion | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 21-29@ Temple | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-17@ Tennessee | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 50-58vs Ohio | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-20vs Georgia Southern | 8 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs App State | 7 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 23-34@ No. 21 Mississippi State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-31vs Maine | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-10@ BYU | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 45-63@ Florida International | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 36 | 20.0 | 6.0 | — | 3 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 30-27
vs App State
4 tackles for loss · 7 tackles · 1 pass breakup
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
34%20 TFLSack rate
10%6 sacksHurry rate
5%3 hurries58 tackles · 20 for loss · 6 sacks.
3 seasons under Mark Whipple — 9-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
51.8%
443 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
58 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Massachusetts, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Whipple.
