Troy · L 34-55
No tackles.
Arkansas State · L 13-23
No tackles.
Louisiana · W 35-31
No tackles.
UL Monroe · W 35-21
2 tackles
The other 4 games average 3 tackles. This one was 1 below.
Sledge has tackles in 5 of Southern Miss’s 8 games: none against Troy, Arkansas State and Louisiana.
Avery Sledge
Played for five head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against UConn — Week 3, 2026.
14 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
SuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 5 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 14 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 15 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 45 | 25 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs Alcorn State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 8-43@ Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-48vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-24@ Tulane | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-21@ UL Monroe | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +6 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
54.1%
369 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
85.2
8 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #63 of 63 Sun Belt LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 24 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
6 coachesPlayed for 6 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Leach, Zach Arnett, Will Hall, Reed Stringer, Charles Huff and Blake Anderson.
