Last confirmed: Western Michigan, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 260 lb · Detroit, MI
DeShawn Foster: DL · Western Michigan · #36.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
DeShawn Foster
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent two seasons in the Western Michigan defensive front. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Ohio — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 11 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 16 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 42-55vs Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-49@ No. 21 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-15@ Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-35@ Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-10@ Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-51vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-59vs Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%2 TFLSack rate
18%2 sacksHurry rate
9%1 hurry11 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Tim Lester — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
41.3%
394 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
73.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Western Michigan, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
