Cameron Ball is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arkansas.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Fifth year in the same defensive front at Arkansas. On tape: 5 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-14vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-41@ No. 17 Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-32@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-56vs No. 22 Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34@ No. 12 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 42-45vs No. 4 Texas A&M | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38vs Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-23@ LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 37-52@ No. 17 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-31vs Missouri | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 14 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
22%6 hurries27 tackles · 4.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.9 | 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
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
48.8%
381 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
65.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #334 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #53 of 60 SEC DLs
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%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sam Pittman → Bobby Petrino. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
