Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Southeast Missouri State | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ Iowa | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
#7
Sullivan Schlimgen
Sophomore linebacker for Iowa State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 220 lb · Sioux Falls, SD · O'Gorman
CFB Index 25 · #496 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceTransferred Washington State → Iowa State 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.
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
Tackles: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
18
tackles · 2026
1 TFL · 1 sacks · 1 PBU
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 9 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Southeast Missouri State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Iowa State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Washington State in 2025.
- Transferred from Washington State to Iowa State in 2026.
Sullivan Schlimgen
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. He got to Iowa State by way of Washington State. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Iowa — Week 2, 2026.
18 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
202510 games
- Signed with Washington State3-star out of O'Gorman
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Iowa State
2026era →
Jimmy Rogers
Iowa State
Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Campbell → Jimmy Rogers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Iowa State
2025Washington State
2026Iowa State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Washington State7-6HC: Jimmy Rogers · Balanced
2026Iowa State1-1HC: Jimmy Rogers · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (87th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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: 9.0 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.5 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State | 18 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Washington State | 49 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 67 | 30 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 38–10
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
LB
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Joseph Jones’s 2016 season.
74%match
Matches Joseph on
Tackle volume
Height
TFL rate
Differs from Joseph on
Sack rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Randy Cochran Jr.'s sophomore season at Akron (2020).
78%match
Matches Randy on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Solo tackle rate
Differs from Randy on
Weight (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Sullivan Schlimgen
Background
Awards & Honors Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S26) 2025 (at Washington State) Appeared in all 13 games, starting the final five games … made 49 tackles with 1.5 for loss … had a season-high nine tackles at No. 4 Ole Miss … made five stops at No. 18 Virginia … in first career start, recorded e...
The linebacker corps · Iowa State
- #16Malcolm Jones51 tackles · 2025
- #7Sullivan Schlimgen49 tackles · 2025
- #10Carson Willich18 tackles · 2025
- #34Beau Goodwin7 tackles · 2025
- #17Connor Welsch3 tackles · 2025
6 more on the roster · Iowa State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology