Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Gardner-Webb | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 51-15vs Ball State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#22
Kyle Ferm
Sophomore linebacker for Liberty. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 232 lb · Los Angeles, CA · Glendora HS
Transferred SMU → Liberty for 2026
The numbers
3
tackles · 2026 · through week 3
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 3 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Gardner-Webb
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore linebacker for Liberty. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to SMU in 2025.
- Transferred from SMU to Liberty in 2026.
Kyle Ferm
Kyle Ferm has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Gardner-Webb — Week 2, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with SMU3-star out of Citrus College
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Liberty
2025SMU
2026Liberty
Career stats
Game log
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Gardner-Webb
1 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 1 solo tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With S. Crossan — 44 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20 · M. Jackson — 2 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced
2026Liberty2-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Pass share
37.5%
72 pass / 120 run
Plays / game
64.0
3 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
80 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Background
Previous School: Transferred to Liberty from SMU Saw playing time in one game in 2025 against Missouri State Started his collegiate career at Cirtus College in 2024 in Glendora, Calif. No. 7 ranked linebacker prospect at the JUCO level by 247Sports Ranked third on the team in tackles with 50…
The linebacker corps · Liberty
- #1Derrell Farrar71 tackles · 2025
- #4Micah Pollard28 tackles · 2025
- #33Aidan Vaughan27 tackles · 2025
- #9Deuce Spurlock14 tackles · 2025
- #22Kyle Ferm1 tackle · 2025
5 more on the roster · Liberty team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology