Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 245 lb · Opp, AL · Crestview
Denzil Ware: DE · Kentucky · #35.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Denzil Ware
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Kentucky. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida, Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 9.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17@ Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-13@ South Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-28vs No. 20 Florida | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-34vs Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-45@ Mississippi State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-26vs Tennessee | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 34-37vs Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-21@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | L 13-42@ No. 7 Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-44vs Louisville | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 20 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 |
Week 11 · 2017
W 44-21
at Vanderbilt
1 interception · 2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss
Dominant 23-point win on the road against Vanderbilt.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
14%6 sacksTFL rate
20%10 TFLHurry rate
4%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
76%6 of 8 pressures48 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Mark Stoops — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
40.7%
329 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
48 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Kentucky, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
