#20

Casey Larkin

Senior safety for Army. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 69 tackles.

S · Army · Sr. · #20

6′0″ · 195 lb · Brielle, NJ

CFB Index 70 · #103 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Army for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

3 PBU · 69 tackles · 3 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, at Air Force

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Army. 2025: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 69 tackles.

His career, year by year

Casey Larkin

S · Army · Sr · #20

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He has spent three seasons in the Army secondary. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-AAC. The receipt: 10 tackles against Navy — Week 16, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jeff Monken — 25-14 over that span.

2023Army6-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Army12-2HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2025Army7-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #103 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#113 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles#280 / 2975 · 90th pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.4	0.4	0.0	0.2
Road7g	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	5.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

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

70 · #103 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #103 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #5 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Army	69	46	3.0	3	2	--
2024	Army	45	35	5.5	2	3	--
2023	Army	25	16	0.5	1	--	--
Career		139	97	9.0	6	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 24–21

at Kansas State

6 SOLO · 6 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With N. Short — 52 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 61 rush yds (10 car) · C. Hellums — 43 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.0 · 124 rush yds (41 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 27-30vs Tarleton State	8	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 24-21@ Kansas State	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 38-45vs North Texas	7	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 6-28@ East Carolina	7	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-13@ UAB	2	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 24-7vs Charlotte	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Tulane	5	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 20-17@ Air Force	6	3	1.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 14-13vs Temple	3	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Tulsa	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-24@ UTSA	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 16	L 16-17@ Navy	10	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Total		69	46	3.0	2	3

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

69Tackles

46Solo

3TFL

0Sacks

3Pass def.

2INT

69 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 62 PD
Week 71 PD
Week 81 INT
Week 101 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

Army

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Army

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -2 net (0 in / 2 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Army · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #136 · 2026 recruiting class #138

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Trevon Gola-Callard’s 2025 season.

Trevon Gola-Callard

94%match

Cincinnati · 2025

Divaad Wilson

UCF · 2021

88%

Shilo Sanders

Colorado · 2024

87%

Maxen Hook

Toledo · 2022

All-MAC

86%

Rayuan Lane

Navy · 2022

83%

Matches Trevon on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Trevon Gola-Callard's junior season at Cincinnati (2025).

Trevon Gola-Callard

96%match

Cincinnati · 2025

Maxen Hook

Toledo · 2022

All-MAC

91%

Chamarri Conner

Virginia Tech · 2022

NFL Rd 4

89%

Larry Brooks

Tulane · 2022

All-AAC

88%

Jeremiah Lewis

Northwestern · 2022

87%

Matches Trevon on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Player DNA

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Trevon Gola-Callard

Cincinnati · 2025

94%

AJ Williams

Wake Forest · 2023

87%

Roderick Roberson Jr.

Louisiana Tech · 2024

87%

Jared Douglas

Middle Tennessee · 2024

87%

Terry Jones Jr.

Indiana · 2024

81%

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

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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