Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-24@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#31
Billy Walton III
Redshirt sophomore defensive end on Oklahoma State's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 253 lb · Dallas, TX · South Oak Cliff
Transferred SMU → Oklahoma State for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
1 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, at Tulsa
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive end on Oklahoma State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas in 2023.
- Transferred from SMU to Oklahoma State in 2026.
Billy Walton III
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Tulsa — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Texas3-star out of South Oak Cliff
20244 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Gundy, Doug Meacham, and Eric Morris. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Oklahoma State
2025SMU
2026Oklahoma State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning
2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced
2026Oklahoma State1-1HC: Eric Morris · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oklahoma State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | SMU | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | SMU | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Versatile End
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
EDGE
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ralph Mency’s 2022 season.
Matches Ralph on
Weight
Class year
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Siale Esera's freshman season at BYU (2023).
Matches Siale on
Class year
Height
Sack rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Billy Walton III
Background
A 2026 addition from the transfer portal. 2025 (Sophomore at SMU): Appeared in all 13 games with no starts ... Recorded six tackles with two solo stops on the season ... Finished the year with two sacks, tied for fifth on the team. 2024 (Freshman at SMU): Appeared in nine games with no starts ......
The defensive line · Oklahoma State
- #11Keviyan Huddleston9.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #5Saadiq Clements5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #19DJ Jackson Jr.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #10James Williams3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #31Billy Walton III2 tackles for loss · 2025
18 more on the roster · Oklahoma State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology