Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Ohio State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-6vs UTSA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
#3
Rasheem Biles
Rasheem Biles led the ACC in tackles for loss, returned two interceptions for touchdowns, and took back a fumble for a third score -- in 10 games. Texas brought him in to plug the one hole in a title defense.
6′1″ · 222 lb · Columbus, OH · Pickerington Central
CFB Index 90 · #14 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceNational watchTransferred Pittsburgh → Texas for 2026
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.
On production he ranks #14 of 583 LBs; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.
How he plays
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Interceptions: 89th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
17
tackles · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 1 INT, vs Texas State
Statement game16 tackles · 5 TFL · 2 sacksvs East Carolina (FBS) · L 17-23
Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Rasheem Biles led the ACC in tackles for loss, returned two interceptions for touchdowns, and took back a fumble for a third score -- in 10 games. Texas brought him in to plug the one hole in a title defense.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2023.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to Texas in 2026.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans hotter than the country
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 56.7 points in belief.
36.7own fans
-20national conversation
The Texas Longhorns had a sensational weekend in the transfer portal, adding Cam Coleman, Hollywood Smothers, Rasheem Biles, and MORE to their class. Despite all of the additions, Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Football staff are not…
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In Their Words
286 windows · 2026 fan posts
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““They ain’t want me out of high school, and I was right there”: Texas linebacker Rasheem Biles says he wasn’t interested in transferring to Ohio State despite being from Columbus.”
bluesky_curated · fan post, verbatim
The story
Biles's 2025 at Pitt was a highlight reel of disruption: 101 tackles in just 10 games, an ACC-leading 17 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pick-sixes and a fumble-return touchdown -- three defensive scores from a linebacker who's always around the ball. All-ACC honors followed, and so did Texas, which added him to anchor its linebacker room. The forward stakes are a championship ceiling: the Longhorns had a roster built to contend and a need in the middle of the defense, and Biles is exactly the explosive, ball-producing playmaker that fills it. He's the kind of linebacker who doesn't just stop drives -- he flips games.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Biles is a downhill, ball-producing linebacker whose game is built on disruption and takeaways. The TFL crown (17, most in the ACC) shows a player constantly beating blocks into the backfield, and the three defensive touchdowns -- two pick-sixes and a scoop-and-score -- reveal rare ball skills and instincts for the position. The 100-tackle volume in only 10 games says he's a high-effort, every-snap producer. He's a play-finisher: he gets to the ball, and when he does, good things happen for his defense. The chip-on-the-shoulder former three-star now steps onto a national stage, and the profile -- range, production, takeaways -- is exactly what a title defense wants in the middle.
Written by our staff.
20233 games
- Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Pickerington Central
202412 games
The role got bigger.
- All-ACCthird
202510 games
- All-ACCsecond
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2025)
Badges
- Honors Badge
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Texas
Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas
2025Pittsburgh
2026Texas
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas | 17 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 100 | 39 | 17.0 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 80 | 46 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 9 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 199 | 97 | 31.0 | 8.5 | 13 | 5 | -- |
Game log
Game by game
Rasheem Biles's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Ohio State
8 tackles · 6 solo tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With A. Manning — 195 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · D. Smothers — 74 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +4 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2026Texas3-0HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Elite: interceptions (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (28th 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.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups17 tackles · 0 for loss · 2 interceptions.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
45.9%
105 pass / 124 run
Plays / game
76.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
115 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
National watch / fringe AA
In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Selector Grid · 2026
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
How he plays
Play style
Biles is a downhill, ball-producing linebacker whose game is built on disruption and takeaways. The TFL crown (17, most in the ACC) shows a player constantly beating blocks into the backfield, and the three defensive touchdowns -- two pick-sixes and a scoop-and-score -- reveal rare ball skills and instincts for the position. The 100-tackle volume in only 10 games says he's a high-effort, every-snap producer. He's a play-finisher: he gets to the ball, and when he does, good things happen for his defense. The chip-on-the-shoulder former three-star now steps onto a national stage, and the profile -- range, production, takeaways -- is exactly what a title defense wants in the middle.
Our classifier reads him the same way: ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
DNA match
Player DNA
Sideline-to-Sideline
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
LB
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Derrick Smith’s 2020 season.
84%match
Matches Derrick on
Solo tackle rate
Tackle volume
Hurry rate
Differs from Derrick on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Jones's senior season at Indiana (2026).
86%match
All-Big Ten
Matches Isaiah on
Weight
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Rasheem Biles
Background
A first-year linebacker from Columbus, Ohio … on 2026 preseason watch lists for the Butkus Award, Lombardi Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy ... 2026 Walter Camp preseason First-Team All-America honoree ... 2026 preseason First-Team All-SEC ... 2026 Phil Steele preseason First-Team All-America…
The linebacker corps · Texas
- #3Rasheem Biles100 tackles · 2025
- #26Ty'Anthony Smith59 tackles · 2025
- #28Justin Cryer43 tackles · 2025
- #45Darius Snow34 tackles · 2025
- #14Brad Spence21 tackles · 2025
7 more on the roster · Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology