Player Dossier

2014-2018

UTSA

Kevin Strong Jr.

DT • 6'4" • 295 lbs • Cleveland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kevin Strong Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

39

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Player Story

Kevin Strong Jr. built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Cleveland, TX wearing No. 54, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Kevin Strong Jr.'s career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7652

Cleveland · Cleveland, TX

Committed To
UTSA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Kevin Strong Jr., DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UTSA. Kevin Strong Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
65
TFL
15
Sacks
4
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kevin Strong Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
UTSA · DT
Career Tackles
65
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · UTSA
Top game
Texas State
Recruit profile
2-star · Cleveland · UTSA
High school pipeline
Cleveland · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 54 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
24 tackles · DT 80th (top 33%) · Conference USA 183rd (top 29%) · National 1,722nd (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonUTSA00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonUTSA00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonUTSA91-0--07.8
2016 Regular SeasonUTSA91310--07.8
2017 Regular SeasonUTSA11277.534-060.5
2018 Regular SeasonUTSA12246.5121038.2

Related Context

Kevin Strong Jr. played DT for UTSA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kevin Strong Jr. recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

UTSA paired 14.5 primary output with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · UTSA

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

17.1

Usage

4.8

Consistency

23.4

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0. Baylor: 1. Kansas State: 0. Texas State: 2. UTEP: 3. Rice: 3. Louisiana Tech: 0. Southern Miss: 0. UAB: 0. Florida International: 0. Marshall: 0.5. North Texas: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Baylor: 2 by 18.3. Kansas State: 3 by 12.5. Texas State: 1 by 24.2. UTEP: 2 by 38.3. Rice: 2 by 38.3. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 5 by 25.8. North Texas: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.7 · Games = 3 · +2.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 9 · -2.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Rice

Result
Sun 11/25vs North TexasL 21-2432100
Sat 11/17@ MarshallL 0-23500.5000
Sun 11/11vs Florida InternationalL 7-4510000
Sat 11/3@ UABL 3-5211000
Sat 10/20@ Southern MissL 17-2710000
Sat 10/13vs Louisiana TechL 3-3122000
Sat 10/6@ RiceSplash gameW 20-322200
Sat 9/29vs UTEPSplash gameW 30-2121110
Sat 9/22vs Texas StateSplash gameW 25-2111101
Sat 9/15@ Kansas StateL 17-4133000
Sat 9/8vs BaylorL 20-3722100
Sun 9/2@ Arizona StateL 7-4911000

Player Story

Kevin Strong Jr. story

Kevin Strong Jr. built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Cleveland, TX wearing No. 54, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Kevin Strong Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Kevin Strong Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UTSA

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonUTSA0
2015 Regular SeasonUTSA00
2016 PostseasonUTSA17.61.51
2016 Regular SeasonUTSA17.61.50
2017 Regular SeasonUTSA14.523.47.813.5
2018 Regular SeasonUTSA10.517.14.8-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas State

Week 4 · W 44-14

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Rice

Week 6 · W 20-3 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

vs UTEP

Week 5 · W 30-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Rice

Week 8 · W 20-7 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Baylor

Week 2 · W 17-10

3

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · UTSA

14.5 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 7.8 usage

60.5

#2

2018 Regular Season · UTSA

38.2

10.5 primary · 17.1 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · UTSA

7.8

1 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games