Player Dossier

2023-2025

Marshall

Sid Kaba

DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA

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Sid Kaba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

45

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Western Michigan • Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky

Player Story

Sid Kaba built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Columbus, OH wearing No. 56, spending time with Marshall and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Sid Kaba's career was his...

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Sid Kaba, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall. Sid Kaba shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
TFL
3
Sacks
0.5

Quick Answers

Sid Kaba quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · DL
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
Eastern Kentucky
High school pipeline
KIPP Columbus · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 56 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
17 tackles · DL 436th (top 41%) · Sun Belt 249th (top 40%) · National 2,297th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall61730.5--048.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Marshall to MinnesotaG5/FCS to P483.5Jan 12, 2026
2025Western Michigan to MarshallG5/FCS to G5/FCS21.2Jan 16, 2025

Sid Kaba played DL for Western Michigan and Marshall. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sid Kaba recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Marshall paired 3.5 primary output with 17.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Western Michigan, Marshall.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

17.6

Usage

3.8

Consistency

45.2

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1.5. Old Dominion: 0. James Madison: 1. Georgia State: 1. App State: 0. Georgia Southern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 4 by 31.7. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 3 by 22.5. Georgia State: 2 by 18.3. App State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Southern: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Kentucky

Best efficiency game

31.7 vs Eastern Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/29vs Georgia SouthernL 19-2430000
Sat 11/22@ App StateL 24-2620000
Sat 11/15@ Georgia StateW 30-18200.500.500
Sat 11/8vs James MadisonL 23-3533100
Sat 10/11vs Old DominionW 48-2431000
Sat 9/13vs Eastern KentuckyW 38-7411.5000

Player Story

Sid Kaba story

Sid Kaba built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Columbus, OH wearing No. 56, spending time with Marshall and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Sid Kaba's career was his defensive production: 17 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Sid Kaba's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Western Michigan

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Marshall

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall3.517.63.83.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Kentucky

Week 3 · W 38-7

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 27 James Madison

Week 11 · L 23-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

46.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 133 Georgia State

Week 12 · W 30-18 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

42.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 49 Old Dominion

Week 7 · W 48-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

9.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 103 Georgia Southern

Week 14 · L 19-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

8.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Marshall

3.5 primary output · 17.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games