Owen Heinecke
Owen Heinecke
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at Oklahoma. The receipt: 13 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Tennessee — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brent Venables.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025
W 33–27
at Tennessee
13 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 SACKS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Oklahoma
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Oklahoma
Returning around him
- 7 Oklahoma players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (16 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Oklahoma · Last season: 10-3 (AP #8) · Talent rank #14 · 2026 recruiting class #15
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kip Lewis’s 2025 season.
Matches Kip on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ty Anthony Morris's junior season at Rice (2025).
Matches Ty on
Background
Season GP-GS UT AT TOTAL TFL SACKS INT FF FR PBU QBH 2022 DID NOT PLAY 2023 13-0 1 3 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2024 13-0 5 2 7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2025 13-5 34 40 74 12.0-41 3.0-16 0 1 0 4 2 Career 39-5 40 45 85 12.0-41 3.0-16 0 1 0 4 2 2025 (OKLAHOMA) Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... an...