Kobie Whiteside: DL · Missouri · #78.
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Kobie Whiteside
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Missouri. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-24vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-35@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-28vs Southeast Missouri State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-62vs Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 48-35vs North Texas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-28@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-43@ No. 1 Georgia | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-28vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-23vs Florida | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2021
W 37-28
at Vanderbilt
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Vanderbilt on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%3 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries23 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
49.7%
453 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
76.0
12 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
482 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #230 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Missouri, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
