Carlos Allen is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Houston.
Allen wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at Houston: Dana Holgorsen and Willie Fritz. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Oregon State — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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 · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-9@ Rice | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-20vs Colorado | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 11-35vs No. 11 Texas Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-17@ Oklahoma State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs Arizona | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-16@ No. 24 Arizona State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-45vs West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17vs TCU | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-35vs LSU | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 72 | 32 | 7.5 | 1.5 | — | 3 |
Week 8 · 2025
W 31-28
vs Arizona
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%8 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries72 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Willie Fritz — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
41.4%
377 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
72 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #23 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #2 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
