#49

Adam Klenk

Senior linebacker for Navy. 2025: 33 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Navy · Sr. · #49

6′2″ · 215 lb · Tabernacle, NJ

CFB Index 61 · #192 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Navy for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Sacks: 93rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5 TFL · 4 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 5 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 2 sacks, vs Florida Atlantic

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Navy. 2025: 33 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

His career, year by year

Adam Klenk

LB · Navy · Sr · #49

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 2.5 TFL against Florida Atlantic, Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Navy11-2HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #192 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#169 / 2975 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.2
Road6g	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.7	0.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #192 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #21 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Navy	33	13	5.0	4.0	1	--	--
Career		33	13	5.0	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 41–38

vs South Florida

1 SOLO · 3 TOT

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Woodson — 39 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · 103 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · E. Heidenreich — 39 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs VMI	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-24vs UAB	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-23@ Tulsa	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-13vs Rice	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	W 32-31@ Temple	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-32vs Florida Atlantic	5	3	2.5	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 10	L 17-31@ North Texas	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-49@ Notre Dame	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-38vs South Florida	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 28-17@ Memphis	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 16	W 17-16vs Army	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 35-13@ Cincinnati	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		33	13	5.0	4.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

33Tackles

13Solo

5TFL

4Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

33 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.

Week 71 sack
Week 92 sacks · 1 PD
Week 141 sack

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Navy

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Navy

Returning around him

2 Navy players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -3 net (0 in / 3 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Navy · Last season: 11-2 (AP #22) · Talent rank #138 · 2026 recruiting class #137

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Morven Joseph’s 2023 season.

Morven Joseph

67%match

Florida Atlantic · 2023

KeSean Brown

App State · 2022

67%

Terrance Taylor

Toledo · 2023

65%

Luke Reimer

Nebraska · 2023

All-Big Ten

63%

Reco Hannah

New Mexico · 2021

62%

Matches Morven on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Differs from Morven on

PD rate (higher)

Height (lower)

Hurry rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Cory Jackson's freshman season at Old Dominion (2021).

Cory Jackson

67%match

Old Dominion · 2021

Richard Kinley II

Middle Tennessee · 2020

66%

Jameer Lewis

Southern Miss · 2024

66%

Billy Pullen

UL Monroe · 2024

All-Sun Belt

66%

Koby Cumberlander

Marshall · 2020

All-Conference USA

66%

Matches Cory on

TFL rate

Solo tackle rate

Differs from Cory on

Sack rate (higher)

Height (lower)

Hurry rate (higher)

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology