Upton Stout
Upton Stout
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Seth Littrell and Tyson Helton. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 10 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Liberty — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Western Kentucky, 162 tackles — drafted at #100 overall by San Francisco.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Conference USA
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Conference USA
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 53 | 30 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 24 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 44 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Texas | 35 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 162 | 102 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 31–0
vs Eastern Kentucky
2 TFL · 2 SOLO · 5 TOT
Dominant 31-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Cale Sanders’s 2024 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jaheem Joseph's graduate season at UNLV (2025).
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