6′1″ · 240 lb · Carrollton, GA
He is a true freshman with 6 games on the stat sheet.
He has tackles in 6 of Memphis’s 8 games: none against UNLV and Arkansas State.
Kadan Spratling
On tape: 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against East Carolina, Week 8, 2026.
13 tackles · 2 sacks
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Memphis | 13 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 13 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 8): 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 20-38@ Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-21vs UT Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-8@ Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-13vs UAB | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-31@ Tulane | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-34vs East Carolina | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 22 · W 41-34 vs East Carolina, play by play
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack, 1 pass broken up, tied for the most tackles for loss in FBS that week. He hurried the quarterback twice.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 4 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 6 games with play by play.
How Memphis’s defense played that day
East Carolina’s 15 drives: 8 stopped (3 takeaways) · 7 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 11.
3 tackles.
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
1 tackle, including 1 sack.
Sacked the quarterback for a 4-yard loss on 3rd and 8. Third quarter, up 31-8.
1 tackle.
1 tackle.
Week 8 · 2026
W 41-34
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out East Carolina at home in a shootout.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
41.5%
233 pass / 329 run
Plays / game
70.2
8 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
263 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #216 at the position.
The No. 1,654 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the American Athletic as a freshman.
His career
