Luiji Vilain

Senior defensive lineman for Wake Forest. 2021: 9 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · Wake Forest · Sr.

6′4″ · 253 lb · Ottawa, ON

CFB Index 41 · #230 of 370 edge rushersLow confidenceWake Forest 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 57 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Wake Forest. 2021: 9 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2017.
Transferred from Michigan to Wake Forest in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Wake Forest, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Episcopal

202112 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#57 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #230 of 370?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (94th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#26 / 2743 · 99th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#141 / 2743 · 94th pct

10.0

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#1004 / 2743 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1169 / 2743 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.9	0.8	0.1
Road5g	3.2	0.8	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.8	0.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.9	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #230 of 370 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #230 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Wake Forest	34	22	10.0	9.0	1	--	--
2020	Michigan	4	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Michigan	7	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		45	30	11.0	10.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 45–42

vs NC State

1 QB HUR · 1 TOT

Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.

With S. Hartman — 290 yds · 3 TD · 3 INT · QBR 72.9 · 43 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · I. Mora — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Old Dominion	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 41-16vs Norfolk State	3	2	1.5	1.5	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-14vs Florida State	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 37-17@ Virginia	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 37-34vs Louisville	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-37@ Syracuse	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	W 45-7vs Duke	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 55-58@ North Carolina	3	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-42vs NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-48@ Clemson	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 41-10@ Boston College	4	4	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 14	L 21-45vs Pittsburgh	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Total		34	22	10.0	9.0	—	1

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