Edrees Farooq is a defensive back at Tennessee who has not played in Tennessee's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Tennessee lists 22 defensive backs this season.
Tennessee is 6-2, No. 16 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: vs Kentucky, Sat Nov 7.
Farooq plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Second year in the Tennessee secondary. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Oklahoma — Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
76 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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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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 45-26vs Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 72-17vs East Tennessee State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-24vs UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Mississippi State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Arkansas | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-34@ Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-33vs No. 18 Oklahoma | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-11@ Florida | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs No. 12 Vanderbilt | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-30vs Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 76 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL76 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Josh Heupel — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
47.3%
437 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
76 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #119 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #18 of 57 SEC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Josh Heupel.
