Senior defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
6′0″ · 294 lb · Kissimmee, FL
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 961 nationally · Signed with Osceola
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2023: 1.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
Mario Kendricks
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Five seasons at Virginia Tech, three different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price and Brent Pry. The receipt: 3 tackles, 2 TFL against Syracuse — Week 9, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (17th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 15 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 19 | 10 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 66 | 34 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2023
W 41–20
at Tulane
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-17vs Old Dominion | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 17-24@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-39@ Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-10vs Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22@ Boston College | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-35vs NC State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 41-20@ Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Miguel Jackson’s 2023 season.
Matches Miguel on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Aeneas Peebles's graduate season at Duke (2023).
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Player DNA