Senior defensive tackle for Bowling Green. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.
6′2″ · 285 lb · Gary, IN
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
sacks · 2025
3.5 TFL · 25 tackles · 3 hurries
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Lafayette
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Bowling Green. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.
Dierre Kelly
Wins his gap play after play. Five seasons at Bowling Green, two different head coaches: Scot Loeffler and Eddie George. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Central Michigan — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scot Loeffler → Eddie George. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #264 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #15 of 16 Mid-American DTs
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bowling Green | 25 | 6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 20 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 22 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 76 | 30 | 11.0 | 5.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-7vs Lafayette | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-34@ Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-13vs Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-40@ Louisville | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-35@ Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-27vs Central Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 3-28vs Buffalo | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-27@ Eastern Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-19vs Akron | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Bowling Green
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Bowling Green
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Bowling Green · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #75
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jamal Woods’s 2022 season.
Matches Jamal on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to TyQaze Leggs's graduate season at Marshall (2024).
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Player DNA