Cameron Ball

Senior defensive lineman on Arkansas's 2025 roster.

DL · Arkansas · Sr. · #5

6′5″ · 326 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 28 · #334 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Arkansas for 2026

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

4.5 TFL · 27 tackles · 6 hurries

Best game: 2 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Missouri

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Arkansas's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2021.

His career, year by year

Cameron Ball

DL · Arkansas · Sr · #5

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his fifth year in the same defensive front at Arkansas. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Sam Pittman — 29-34 over that span.

2021Arkansas9-4HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

28Below cohort / limited sample #334 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#117 / 2975 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct

Tackles#1543 / 2975 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #334 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #334 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #53 of 60 SEC DLs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	27	14	4.5	0.0	--	--	--
2024	Arkansas	46	22	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Arkansas	32	7	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2022	Arkansas	28	7	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Arkansas	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		134	50	11.5	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–7

vs Alabama A&M

1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SOLO

Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With T. Green — 322 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 1 REC · 45 AVG · 2 IN 20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Alabama A&M	1	1	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 35-41@ Ole Miss	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 31-32@ Memphis	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 13-56vs Notre Dame	4	0	0.5	—
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Tennessee	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 42-45vs Texas A&M	5	1	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Mississippi State	3	1	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 22-23@ LSU	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 37-52@ Texas	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	4	3	2.0	—
Total		27	14	4.5	—

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

27Tackles

14Solo

4.5TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Arkansas

Returning around him

4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (42 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gabriel Rubio’s 2022 season.

Gabriel Rubio

79%match

Notre Dame · 2022

NFL Rd 6

Domonique Orange

Iowa State · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 18

76%

Collin Clay

Oklahoma State · 2022

74%

Jacob Slade

Michigan State · 2022

73%

Omari Thomas

Tennessee · 2021

72%

Matches Gabriel on

Height

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Gabriel on

Hurry rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Christian Clayton's graduate season at UTSA (2024).

Christian Clayton

62%match

UTSA · 2024

Maverick Hansen

Michigan State · 2024

61%

Quincy Ledet

Texas Tech · 2024

61%

DeMonte Capehart

Clemson · 2025

NFL Rd 5

58%

Tim Smith

Alabama · 2024

NFL Rd 6

57%

Matches Christian on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Christian on

Hurry rate (higher)

Height (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Cameron Ball

Cameron Ball

Arkansas · 2023

89%

Keanu Williams

UCLA · 2023

88%

Alfred Collins

Texas · 2024

87%

Ben Barten

Wisconsin · 2025

87%

Jordon Riley

Oregon · 2022

87%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology