#44

Isaiah Forte

Senior defensive lineman for UAB. 2022: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · UAB · Sr. · #44

6′3″ · 305 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 40 · #178 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceUAB 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 295 nationally · Joined UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for UAB. 2022: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UAB in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at UAB, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with UAB3-star out of Northeast Mississippi C.C.

202210 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#295 national

CFB

College

UAB

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches

2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Clark → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

40Rotational starter #178 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

Tackles#1443 / 2755 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2755 · 30th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #178 of 278 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #178 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UAB	27	10	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	UAB	6	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		33	13	2.0	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 59–0

vs Alabama A&M

2 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 59-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With D. Hopkins — 191 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.7 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Brown Jr. — 114 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Alabama A&M	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Liberty	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 24-28@ Rice	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 41-14vs Middle Tennessee	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 34-20vs Charlotte	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Western Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Florida Atlantic	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 38-44vs UTSA	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 10-41@ LSU	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 13	W 37-27@ Louisiana Tech	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Total		27	10	2.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology