Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 13 | L 17-31@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Eli Wallace
Senior linebacker for Sam Houston. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 215 lb · Dallas, TX · Duncanville HS
Returning to Sam Houston for 2026
The numbers
1
tackle · 2025
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, at Middle Tennessee
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Sam Houston. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed with Sam Houston in 2023.
Eli Wallace
Eli Wallace has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Sam Houston. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Middle Tennessee — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Sam Houstonout of Duncanville
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Sam Houston
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
K.C. Keeler
Sam Houston
2025era →
Phil Longo
Sam Houston
Coaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy
2025Sam Houston2-10HC: Phil Longo · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Sam Houston
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Sam Houston
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +5 net (20 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Sam Houston · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #117 · 2026 recruiting class #126
Background
2024 Season Played in 12 games for the Bearkats, contributing primarily on special teams … recorded 3 total tackles for the season … registered solo tackles against Hawai’i (9/14) and UTEP (10/3) … added an assisted tackle at Kennesaw State (11/16). 2023 Season Appeared in 4 games as a true fresh...
The linebacker corps · Sam Houston
- #21Dean Ford32 tackles · 2025
- #42Ca'lub Holloway29 tackles · 2025
- #26Tokyo Gordon19 tackles · 2025
- #45Eli Wallace1 tackle · 2025
- #33Brian Bates Jr.2 games · 2026
7 more on the roster · Sam Houston team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology