Senior defensive lineman on Tulane's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 305 lb · Shubuta, MS · Wayne County HS
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
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
QB hurries: 55th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 11 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs North Texas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Tulane's 2025 roster.
Armondous Cooley
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer and Jon Sumrall. One game to point at: 3 tackles against South Alabama — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Jon Sumrall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tulane | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 15 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 34–21
vs North Texas
2 TOT · 0 TFL
With J. Retzlaff — 145 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.9 · 49 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · J. McClure — 121 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-3vs Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-31@ South Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-14@ Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-19vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-24vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 34-21vs North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Tulane
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Tulane
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #70 · 2026 recruiting class #64
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jackie Marshall’s 2022 season.
Matches Jackie on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Langham's junior season at Vanderbilt (2022).
Matches Malik on
Player DNA
2025: Appeared in all 14 games ... Totaled 13 tackles and 0.5 stops for loss ... Recorded three tackles at South Alabama (9/6) … Named Academic All-Conference (7/29).
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