Sulaiman Kamara: DL · Wake Forest · #1.
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Sulaiman Kamara
Wins the gap play after play. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Wake Forest. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Duke — Week 9, 2021.
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
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 18 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 15 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 25 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 28 | 14 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 12 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 98 | 42 | 10.0 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10vs Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Norfolk State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-17@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-34vs Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-37@ Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 70-56@ Army | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-7vs Duke | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 55-58@ North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-10@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 41-16
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 25-point win at home against Norfolk State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries18 tackles · 1 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Dave Clawson — 38-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
48.4%
519 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
82.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
565 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #209 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Wake Forest, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
