Senior linebacker for California. 2025: 24 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
6′4″ · 245 lb · Jacksonville, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Sacks: 89th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
5 TFL · 3 sacks
Best game: 7 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 sacks, vs SMU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for California. 2025: 24 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Chris Victor
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. He got to California by way of Chattanooga. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 3 TFL against SMU — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #39 of 74 ACC LBs
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | California | 24 | 10 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 24 | 10 | 5.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025
W 38–35
vs SMU
7 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 SACKS
Edged out SMU at home in a shootout.
With J. Sagapolutele — 330 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9 · K. Raphael — 111 rush yds (33 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-15@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-3vs Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-45vs Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-18vs North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42@ Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-31vs Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-26@ Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-35vs SMU | 7 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Bowl | L 31-35@ Hawai'i | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 10 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
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
24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
2026 Outlook
California
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Linebacker · California
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
California · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #33 · 2026 recruiting class #56
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Christian Bell’s 2021 season.
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Differs from Christian on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Zach Williams's junior season at Arkansas (2022).
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Player DNA