DeShon Singleton

Senior defensive back for Nebraska. 2025: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

DB · Nebraska · Sr. · #8

6′3″ · 210 lb · Amite, LA

CFB Index 76 · #63 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Nebraska for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

4 PBU · 70 tackles · 4 TFL

Best game: 10 tackles, at Penn State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Nebraska. 2025: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 70 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2022.

His career, year by year

DeShon Singleton

DB · Nebraska · Sr · #8

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. DeShon Singleton has been at Nebraska through two head coaches in four seasons. 2025 brought the first one: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against UCLA — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Nebraska4-8HC: Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

2023Nebraska5-7HC: Matt Rhule · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Nebraska7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2025Nebraska7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #63 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (91st percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#137 / 2975 · 95th pct

Tackles#268 / 2975 · 91st pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road5g	8.0	0.7	0.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	7.0	0.5	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #63 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #63 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #13 of 77 Big Ten DBs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Nebraska	70	44	4.0	1.0	4	2	--
2024	Nebraska	71	45	1.0	0.0	3	1	--
2023	Nebraska	19	8	2.5	0.0	1	--	--
2022	Nebraska	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		163	98	7.5	1.0	8	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025

W 28–21

vs Northwestern

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

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

With K. Williams — 1 TD · 62 AVG · 95 LONG · A. Wilson — 55 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 58 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 20-17@ Cincinnati	7	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 68-0vs Akron	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 59-7vs Houston Christian	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 27-30vs Michigan	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-27vs Michigan State	6	4	0.0	0.0	2	0
Wk 7	W 34-31@ Maryland	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 6-24@ Minnesota	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-21vs Northwestern	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-21vs USC	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 28-21@ UCLA	11	8	1.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 13	L 10-37@ Penn State	10	9	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 16-40vs Iowa	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		70	44	4.0	1.0	2	4