Sekou Diaby: DL · Kent State · #55.
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Sekou Diaby
Wins the gap play after play. Third year in the Kent State defensive front. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Bowling Green — Week 11, 2022.
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
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kent State | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Kent State | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| Career | 41 | 28 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-45@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-33@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Long Island University | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-27vs Akron | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 20-27vs Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-6@ Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27@ Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 63-10
0.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 53-point win at home against Long Island University.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries16 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
3 seasons under Sean Lewis — 15-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
40.4%
349 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #267 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kent State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Haynes → Sean Lewis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
