DJ Arkansas: LB · Rice · #2.
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DJ Arkansas
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Three seasons in the Rice linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UAB — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
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.
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 · 9 games
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| 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups23 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
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
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
61.6%
477 pass / 297 run
Plays / game
64.5
12 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
483 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #539 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rice, 55 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Bloomgren → Pete Alamar. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
