Emon Allen

Senior defensive back for Sam Houston. 2025: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 40 tackles.

DB · Sam Houston · Sr. · #7

5′9″ · 185 lb · Austin, TX

CFB Index 77 · #51 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Sam Houston for 2026

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

5 PBU · 40 tackles · 3.5 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 1 PBU, 9 tackles, vs UNLV

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Sam Houston. 2025: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 40 tackles.

His career, year by year

Emon Allen

DB · Sam Houston · Sr · #7

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Emon Allen has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Sam Houston. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Western Kentucky, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Sam Houston3-9HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced

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

77All-Conference level #51 of 364?

Low confidenceBounce-Back8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: interceptions (90th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Solo tackles#483 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Tackles#906 / 2975 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.4
Road6g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	0.4	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #51 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #51 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #5 of 43 Conference USA DBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Sam Houston	40	31	3.5	5	3	--
2024	Sam Houston	12	10	1.5	1	--	1
2023	Sam Houston	4	2	0.0	3	--	--
Career		56	43	5.0	9	3	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–23

vs Delaware

4 SOLO · 4 TOT · 14 LONG

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Gerrand — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · L. Locke — 213 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 26.1 · -14 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-41@ Western Kentucky	6	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 1	L 21-38vs UNLV	9	8	2.5	1	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 2	L 20-37@ Hawai'i	3	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	L 0-55@ Texas	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 10-37@ New Mexico State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 27-29vs Jacksonville State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-35vs UTEP	4	3	1.0	1	0
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Oregon State	4	4	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 26-23vs Delaware	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-31@ Middle Tennessee	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 16-56vs Florida International	2	1	0.0	—	1
Total		40	31	3.5	3	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Emon Allen

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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