#45

Cody Lindenberg

Former linebacker at Minnesota. 2024: 94 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Minnesota · Sr. · #45

6′3″ · 240 lb · Anoka, MN

CFB Index 76 · #82 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamLas Vegas — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 6, #222 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1131 nationally · Signed with Anoka Senior

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Minnesota. 2024: 94 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Anoka Senior in 2020.
Drafted round 7 by the Las Vegas in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Minnesota, 197 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #222 overall by Las Vegas.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20203 games

Recruited3-star out of Anoka Senior

202412 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenfirst

2025

Drafted by Las Vegasround 7, pick 222

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1131 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #222

Las Vegas · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

#222Rd 7 · Pick 6

Las VegasEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 35-24 over that span.

2020Minnesota3-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #82 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (95th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#67 / 2892 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#126 / 2892 · 95th pct

Passes defended#141 / 2892 · 94th pct

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #82 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Minnesota	94	45	5.0	1.0	6	1	--
2023	Minnesota	31	18	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Minnesota	60	37	4.0	1.0	2	--	--
2021	Minnesota	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Minnesota	9	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		197	107	12.5	2.0	8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 24–17

vs USC

7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With D. Taylor — 144 rush yds (25 car) · M. Brosmer — 169 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.3 · 14 rush yds (7 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Michigan	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-17vs 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@ 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 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

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