Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 245 lb · Farmingville, NY · Sachem East
Steve Casali: LB · Massachusetts · #34.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Steve Casali
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at Massachusetts. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Florida International — Week 14, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 80 | 34 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 105 | 47 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Career | 185 | 81 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-38vs Hawai'i | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 28-38@ Coastal Carolina | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-17vs Old Dominion | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-29@ Temple | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-17@ Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 50-58vs Ohio | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-20vs Georgia Southern | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs App State | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-34@ No. 21 Mississippi State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-31vs Maine | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-10@ BYU | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 45-63@ Florida International | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 34 | 5.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups80 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Mark Whipple — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
51.8%
443 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
80 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Massachusetts, 185 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charley Molnar → Mark Whipple. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
