Last confirmed: Toledo, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Willoughby Hills, OH · Lake Catholic
John Stepec: DE · Toledo · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
John Stepec
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ball State — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Toledo | 71 | 44 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Career | 71 | 44 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-10@ Arkansas State | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-3vs Maine | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-17vs Fresno State | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 53-55@ BYU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-20@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-35vs Bowling Green | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17vs Central Michigan | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-31vs Ohio | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-17@ Akron | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ Northern Illinois | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-19vs Ball State | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 35-55@ No. 14 Western Michigan | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-31vs App State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 44 | 14.0 | 4.5 | — | 3 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 45-3
vs Maine
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 42-point win at home against Maine.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%4 sacksTFL rate
20%14 TFLHurry rate
21%15 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
23%4 of 20 pressures71 tackles · 14 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
45.6%
423 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
416 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
71 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Toledo, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Campbell → Jason Candle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
