Former linebacker at Rice. 2024: 23 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
6′2″ · 215 lb · Denton, TX
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.
Recruiting
LB recruit
No. 1031 nationally · Signed with Rice
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Rice. 2024: 23 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
DJ Arkansas
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. He has spent three seasons in the Rice linebacker corps. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against UAB — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rice, 55 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 14-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #539 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 69–7
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 62-point win at home against Texas Southern.
With E. Warner — 189 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 66.7 · 8 rush yds (1 car) · D. Connors — 113 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs Sam Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 69-7vs Texas Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-33@ Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 29-27vs UTSA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-24@ Tulane | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs Navy | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-40@ UAB | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 35-28vs South Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Davion Blackwell’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Sincere Jackson's junior season at Sam Houston (2024).
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Player DNA