Last confirmed: Eastern Michigan, 2021. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 249 lb · Charleston, WV · Antelope Valley College
Turan Rush: DL · Eastern Michigan · #99.
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Turan Rush
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A 2-star signing who has since put four seasons on the field at Eastern Michigan. In 2020 he earned his first career honor: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Texas State — Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 3 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 37 | 21 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2020 | Eastern Michigan | 17 | 7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 39 | 25 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 19 | 12 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 |
| Career | 112 | 65 | 21.0 | 17.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-15vs Saint Francis | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 7-34@ No. 18 Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-21vs Texas State | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | L 20-27@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 13-12vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-38vs Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-24@ Bowling Green | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-49@ Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-34vs Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 22-21vs Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-31@ Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Week 6 · 2021
W 13-12
vs Miami (OH)
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%6 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
51%19 hurries37 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 22-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
50.3%
455 pass / 449 run
Plays / game
75.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
492 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
37 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #280 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 17 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Recruited as a two-star. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
