Last confirmed: Ohio, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 277 lb · Mentor, OH
Kent Berger: DL · Ohio · #97.
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Kent Berger
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Ohio behind him. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Miami (OH) — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-32vs Howard | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-45@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-34@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-42vs Massachusetts | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-26@ Kent State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-14vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-14@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-30@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-17vs Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-28vs Akron | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-0vs San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 19 | 6.5 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%6 TFLSack rate
14%5 sacksHurry rate
11%4 hurries35 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
4 seasons under Frank Solich — 34-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
36.2%
312 pass / 551 run
Plays / game
66.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
346 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio, 9 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Frank Solich.
