Senior linebacker for Iowa State. 2022: 38 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
6′4″ · 242 lb · Chicago, IL
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.
The story
4 linebacker for Iowa State. 2022: 38 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
Colby Reeder
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Delaware to Iowa State — the move that set up everything since. His first career honor landed in 2022: Big 12 Newcomer Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Baylor, Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Iowa State, 38 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (94th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Iowa State | 38 | 16 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 38 | 16 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 10–7
at Iowa
2 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 3 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With H. Dekkers — 184 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 68.7 · 14 rush yds (9 car) · T. Perkins — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10vs Southeast Missouri State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 10-7@ Iowa | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 43-10vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31vs Baylor | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 11-14@ Kansas | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-10vs Kansas State | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14vs West Virginia | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-20@ Oklahoma State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 16 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 |
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
38 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Caden McDonald’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Keaten Wade's sophomore season at Kentucky (2023).
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Player DNA