Carson Wells: LB · Colorado · #26.
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Carson Wells
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The four seasons at Colorado span three head coaches: Kurt Roper, Mel Tucker and Karl Dorrell. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Utah — Week 13, 2021.
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
51 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 13.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Northern Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-10vs No. 5 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-30vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-35@ Arizona State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-37vs USC | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-0vs Arizona | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 3-26@ California | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-52@ No. 7 Oregon | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-34vs Oregon State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-44@ UCLA | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17vs Washington | 7 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | L 13-28@ No. 16 Utah | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 51 | 33 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 |
Week 12 · 2021
W 20-17
vs Washington
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
26%14 TFLSack rate
11%6 sacksPD rate
8%4 pass breakups51 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 5.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Karl Dorrell
Pass share
38.5%
269 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
58.2
12 games
Team sack rate
10.1%
298 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-2% tackles behind the line, top-3% passes broken up.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #431 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Colorado, 154 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike MacIntyre, Mel Tucker, and Karl Dorrell. Multi-era developmental context.
