Cian Slone is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at NC State.
Slone fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for three head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling and Dave Doeren. First career honor, 2024: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Georgia Tech — Week 10, 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
62 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 7 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NC State | 62 | 24 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Utah State | 49 | 26 | 9.5 | 7.5 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Utah State | 28 | 12 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 139 | 62 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 5 | 1 |
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 24-17vs East Carolina | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-31vs Virginia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-24@ Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-45@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-23vs Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-10vs Campbell | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-36@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-53@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-36vs No. 8 Georgia Tech | 10 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 7-41@ No. 16 Miami | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-11vs Florida State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-19vs North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-7vs Memphis | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 24 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
Week 10 · 2025
W 48-36
vs Georgia Tech
0.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Edged out Georgia Tech at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%7 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups62 tackles · 7 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
49.7%
411 pass / 416 run
Plays / game
63.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
422 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #116 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #14 of 74 ACC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling and Dave Doeren.
