Cody Lindenberg: LB · Minnesota · #45.
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Cody Lindenberg
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fifth year in the Minnesota linebacker corps. First career honor, 2024: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Penn State — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
94 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 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
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-19vs North Carolina | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-0vs Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-0vs Nevada | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-31vs Iowa | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27@ No. 12 Michigan | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-17vs No. 11 USC | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-17@ UCLA | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-23vs Maryland | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 25-17@ No. 24 Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-26@ Rutgers | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 25-26vs No. 4 Penn State | 14 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-7@ Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 94 | 45 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
94tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%5 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
6%6 pass breakups94 tackles · 5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 35-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 9.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
50.6%
409 pass / 399 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Minnesota, 197 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #222 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 2nd NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 2nd NFL season
