Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the same linebacker corps at Louisiana Tech. First career honor, 2025: Conference USA Freshman Player of the Week. On tape: 12 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against LSU, Week 2, 2026.
58 tackles · 7 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 10 for him; the box score credits 9.
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Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss. Second quarter, up 28-20.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 13 tackles for loss, 7 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Louisiana Tech’s defense played that day
South Alabama’s 12 drives: 9 stopped (2 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 9. His sack came with Louisiana Tech up 8.
Tackles for loss131st in the Sun Belt this season.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Defensive profile
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
58tackles this season
TFL rate
22%13 TFL
Sack rate
12%7 sacks
PD rate
3%2 pass breakups
58 tackles · 13 for loss · 7 sacks · 1 interception.
Teams and coaches
3 seasons under Sonny Cumbie — 19-15 over that span.
Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (100th percentile).
Box-score production (8)
Tackles for loss#4 / 2515 · 100th pct
13.0
Sacks#7 / 2515 · 100th pct
7.0
Tackles#102 / 2515 · 96th pct
58
Solo tackles#130 / 2515 · 94th pct
29
QB hurries#228 / 2515 · 88th pct
3
Passes defended#465 / 2515 · 74th pct
2
Forced fumbles#24 / 440 · 47th pct
0
Interceptions#144 / 557 · 37th pct
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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home/Road · Season halves
Home vs Road
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Home4g
4.8
1.5
0.9
0.2
Road4g
9.8
1.8
0.9
0.2
First half vs Second half
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Weeks 1-76g
7.0
1.7
0.8
0.3
Weeks 8+2g
8.0
1.5
1.0
0.0
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
2026 season
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
44.8%
232 pass / 286 run
Plays / game
64.8
8 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
259 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Starter
58 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
95 · #4 of 567 LBs
Three-star recruit. Now #4 at the position.
Starter
The No. 1,591 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Sun Belt.
Three seasons at Louisiana Tech
2026 is in progress.
2026 Louisiana Tech Cumbie
Year 3 · 8 games
2025 Louisiana Tech Cumbie
Year 2 · 6 games
2024 Louisiana Tech Cumbie
Year 1 · 1 game
High school Haynesville
Haynesville, LA · Class of 2024
Three-star, No. 1,591 in the 2024 class. Signed with Louisiana Tech.