Senior linebacker for Oklahoma. 2021: 9 tackles.
6′2″ · 226 lb · Owasso, OK
The story
4 linebacker for Oklahoma. 2021: 9 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearBryan Mead
Five seasons at Oklahoma, two different head coaches: Lincoln Riley and Bob Stoops. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 9, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Oklahoma, 57 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Bob Stoops. 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 (0th 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
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2021
W 28–21
vs Iowa State
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With M. Turk — 54 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 63 LONG · C. Williams — 87 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.4 · 67 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 76-0vs Western Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-31@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-48@ Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-31vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-21vs Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 28-21vs Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |