Southern Miss · L 21-35
3 tackles
The other 7 games average 3 tackles. This one was 0 above.
Billy Pullen
Third year in the same linebacker corps at UL Monroe. The first one came in 2024: All-Sun Belt. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Troy — Week 8, 2026.
21 tackles · 1.5 sacks
Play style
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 4 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 9): 3 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-62@ Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-26@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-38vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-45vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-52@ South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-24vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 21-14@ Troy | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-35vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -16 to +6 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
21tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%4 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksPD rate
5%1 pass breakups21 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Bryant Vincent — 9-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryant Vincent
Pass share
49.0%
257 pass / 268 run
Plays / game
65.6
8 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
285 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #311 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #43 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.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bryant Vincent.
