Isaiah McGuire

Former defensive lineman at Missouri. 2022: 7 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DL · Missouri · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 275 lb · Tulsa, OK

CFB Index 82 · #37 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCleveland — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 24, #126 overall

The story

Former defensive lineman at Missouri. 2022: 7 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

Drafted round 4 by the Cleveland in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Missouri, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #126 overall by Cleveland.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202212 games

All-SECfirst

2023

Drafted by Clevelandround 4, pick 126

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Missouri

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #126

Cleveland · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Barry Odom

Missouri

2020–2022

Eli Drinkwitz

Missouri

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 4th NFL season

#126Rd 4 · Pick 24

ClevelandEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Missouri6-6HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning

2020Missouri5-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced

2021Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

82All-Conference level #37 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#37 / 2755 · 99th pct

13.0

Sacks#50 / 2755 · 98th pct

7.0

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#797 / 2755 · 70th pct

Tackles#887 / 2755 · 67th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.0
Road5g	4.0	1.6	0.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.9	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	1.2	0.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #37 of 387 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Missouri	39	24	13.0	7.0	--	--	--
2021	Missouri	55	38	14.0	6.0	1	--	--
2020	Missouri	18	8	4.0	3.0	--	--	--
2019	Missouri	4	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		116	74	31.0	16.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2022

W 23–10

at South Carolina

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 2 SACKS

With B. Cook — 224 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.6 · 53 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · J. Stonehouse — 39 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 41 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-24vs Louisiana Tech	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 12-40@ Kansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 34-17vs Abilene Christian	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 14-17@ Auburn	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 22-26vs Georgia	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Florida	7	4	3.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	W 17-14vs Vanderbilt	5	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 23-10@ South Carolina	5	4	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 10	L 17-21vs Kentucky	4	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 24-66@ Tennessee	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 45-14vs New Mexico State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 29-27vs Arkansas	5	3	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Total		39	24	13.0	7.0	—

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

Isaiah McGuire

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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