Caleb Kibodi is a linebacker at Louisiana who has not played in Louisiana's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Louisiana lists 18 linebackers this season.
Louisiana is 5-3. Next: vs South Alabama, Sat Nov 7.
Kibodi is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons in the Louisiana linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-14vs Rice | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10vs McNeese | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-52@ No. 25 Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 54-51vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-35@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-22@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-39vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-30@ Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-20vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 34-10
vs McNeese
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against McNeese.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups24 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Michael Desormeaux — 28-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
40.1%
341 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #55 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%).
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
