Last confirmed: UTEP, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 280 lb · Placentia, CA · Valencia
Mike Sota: DE · UTEP · #55.
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Mike Sota
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Three seasons at UTEP, three different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price and Dana Dimel. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against North Texas, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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 · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-30vs Northern Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-52@ UNLV | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-24@ Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-27vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-30@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs North Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-19vs UAB | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-26@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-48vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 16-40@ Western Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-39vs Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 17 | 8.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
15%4 sacksTFL rate
27%8 TFLHurry rate
10%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
60%4 of 8 pressures31 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
43.0%
325 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Team sack rate
10.4%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 31 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sean Kugler, Mike Price, and Dana Dimel. Multi-era developmental context.
