Senior defensive back for Sam Houston. 2023: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 26 tackles.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Stockton, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back for Sam Houston. 2023: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 26 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearIsaiah Downes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The receipt: 6 tackles against Liberty — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Sam Houston, 26 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sam Houston | 26 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 26 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-14@ BYU | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-13vs Air Force | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-38@ Houston | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-21@ Liberty | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-27@ New Mexico State | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-27@ Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-28@ Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-20vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dominique Bradshaw’s 2022 season.
Matches Dominique on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Nicktroy Fortune's sophomore season at West Virginia (2021).
Matches Nicktroy on
Player DNA