Cameron Whitfield 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.
Whitfield fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. 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 and 0.5 tackles for loss against Rice — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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 | L 12-14vs Rice | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-52@ No. 25 Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-51vs Marshall | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ James Madison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-22vs Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-35@ Troy | 1 | 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 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-27vs UL Monroe | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-20vs Delaware | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 19 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups30 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 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
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
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
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%).
The No. 2,236 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Sun Belt as a senior.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Billy Napier → Michael Desormeaux. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
