6′3″ · 300 lb · Cedar Rapids, IA
Royal Silver: DL · Minnesota · #97.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Royal Silver
Wins his gap play after play. One game to point at: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Illinois — 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
13 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | Minnesota | 13 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 13 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-48vs Iowa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 28-53@ Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31vs Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-55@ Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-15@ Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-10@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries13 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
40.2%
346 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
66.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
389 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Minnesota — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
