6′2″ · 220 lb · Staten Island, NY
Leon Flanagan Jr.: DL · Massachusetts · #54.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Leon Flanagan Jr.
Wins his gap play after play. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Massachusetts. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Liberty — Week 10, 2018.
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
41 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 41 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 15 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 26 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-55@ Boston College | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-34@ Georgia Southern | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-63@ Florida International | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-31vs Charlotte | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 42-58@ Ohio | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-17@ UConn | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 62-59vs Liberty | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries41 tackles · 4 for loss.
2 seasons under Mark Whipple, all balanced offenses — 8-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
50.7%
413 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
67.9
12 games
Team sack rate
8.5%
459 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
More tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Massachusetts, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Whipple.
