Eddie Walls III is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Houston.
Walls disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Mike MacIntyre and Willie Fritz. The first one came in 2025: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 13 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against West Virginia, Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Houston | 64 | 36 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 5 |
| 2024 | Florida International | 30 | 15 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Career | 94 | 51 | 17.5 | 12.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 35-9@ Rice | 7 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 36-20vs Colorado | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 11-35vs No. 11 Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-17@ Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs Arizona | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-16@ No. 24 Arizona State | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 35-45vs West Virginia | 13 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17vs TCU | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-24@ Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-35vs LSU | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 36 | 11.5 | 7.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%12 TFLSack rate
11%7 sacksHurry rate
14%9 hurries64 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 7 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
41.4%
377 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
64 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #16 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #1 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike MacIntyre and Willie Fritz.
