Isaiah Iton

Senior defensive lineman for Rutgers. 2023: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · Rutgers · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 290 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 54 · #134 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceRutgers 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 8 nationally · Joined Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Rutgers. 2023: 0.5 sacks, 1.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2021.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Rutgers in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Rutgers, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20219 games

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Hutchinson C.C.

202313 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#8 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021–2023

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

54Rotational starter #134 of 302?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#1113 / 2842 · 60th pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Sacks#1326 / 2842 · 50th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1669 / 2842 · 38th pct

1.5

Solo tackles#2046 / 2842 · 25th 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.1
Road6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #134 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #134 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Rutgers	34	9	1.5	0.5	1	--	--
2022	Ole Miss	7	--	1.0	0.5	1	--	--
2021	Ole Miss	17	8	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		58	17	4.0	1.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023

W 31–24

at Miami

1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Monangai — 163 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · F. Appleby — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 24-7vs Northwestern	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 36-7vs Temple	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 35-16vs Virginia Tech	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 7-31@ Michigan	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 52-3vs Wagner	3	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	L 13-24@ Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 27-24vs Michigan State	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 8	W 31-14@ Indiana	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-35vs Ohio State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 0-22@ Iowa	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 6-27@ Penn State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-42vs Maryland	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bowl	W 31-24@ Miami	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		34	9	1.5	0.5	—	1

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