Cameron Whitfield

Senior linebacker for Louisiana. 2025: 30 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Louisiana · Sr. · #9

6′3″ · 241 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 42 · #366 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Louisiana for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs UABCajun FieldLouisiana by 7.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1.5 TFL · 1 sacks

Best game: 1 tackles, 1 INT, at Missouri

Statement game6 tackles · 4 TFL · 4 sacksat Southern Miss (FBS) · W 23-13

Top 0.1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Louisiana. 2025: 30 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

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

His career, year by year

How he plays

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

QB hurries: 82nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Cameron Whitfield

LB · Louisiana · Sr · #9

Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Cameron Whitfield has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Louisiana. All-Sun Belt in 2025 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Rice — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #366 of 583?

High confidenceFading8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1362 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

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
Home5g	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #366 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #366 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #36 of 63 Sun Belt LBs

How the All-Sun Belt 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	Louisiana	30	19	1.5	1.0	--	1	--
2024	Louisiana	36	18	7.0	6.0	1	--	--
2023	Louisiana	44	32	9.0	8.0	--	--	--
2022	Louisiana	7	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Louisiana	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		118	73	17.5	15.0	1	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 12-14vs Rice	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	L 10-52@ Missouri	1	0	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 4	L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 54-51vs Marshall	4	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-24@ James Madison	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 10-22vs Southern Miss	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 23-35@ Troy	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 42-39vs Texas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 34-30@ Arkansas State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 30-27vs UL Monroe	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 13-20@ Delaware	3	3	1.0	1.0	—
Total		30	19	1.5	1.0	1

How he plays

Play style

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

30Tackles

19Solo

1.5TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

1INT

30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31 INT

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

Louisiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Louisiana

Returning around him

1 Louisiana player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -3 net (5 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Louisiana · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #91

DNA match

Player DNA

Thumper

Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Leon Lowery’s 2024 season.

Leon Lowery

82%match

Wisconsin · 2024

Branden Jennings

Maryland · 2021

74%

Boone Bonnema

Western Michigan · 2024

74%

Jimmy Rolder

Michigan · 2024

NFL Rd 4

73%

Elijah Shelton

UNLV · 2022

71%

Matches Leon on

Solo tackle rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Leon on

Hurry rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Adimora's senior season at SMU (2023).

Chris Adimora

82%match

SMU · 2023

Grayson Metz

Northwestern · 2024

79%

Solomon Deshields

Texas A&M · 2024

77%

Jarrett Jerrels

Florida Atlantic · 2024

76%

Cormontae Hamilton

Memphis · 2023

76%

Matches Chris on

TFL rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Differs from Chris on

Sack rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Cameron Whitfield

Cooper McDonald

TCU · 2024

70%

Chaz Chambliss

Georgia · 2024

67%

Cian Slone

Utah State · 2024

67%

Kevin Swint

Georgia State · 2023

66%

David Bailey

Stanford · 2023

66%

The linebacker corps · Louisiana

#6Terrence WilliamsLB · Sr.95 tackles · 2025
#44Jake St. AndreLB · Sr.50 tackles · 2025
#9Cameron WhitfieldLB · Sr.30 tackles · 2025
#45Caleb KibodiLB · Sr.24 tackles · 2025
#2Ashley WilliamsLB · Jr.20 tackles · 2025

12 more on the roster · Louisiana team page

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

2021

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Thumper

Players who play like Cameron Whitfield

The linebacker corps · Louisiana