Eric Gentry is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at USC.
Gentry ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern — Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
71 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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 | USC | 71 | 49 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | USC | 33 | 22 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | USC | 43 | 25 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | USC | 60 | 45 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Arizona State | 45 | 26 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 252 | 167 | 25.0 | 9.0 | 10 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-13vs Missouri State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-20vs Georgia Southern | 10 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 33-17@ Purdue | 8 | 8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 45-31vs Michigan State | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 32-34@ No. 23 Illinois | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-13vs No. 15 Michigan | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-34@ No. 13 Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-17@ Nebraska | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-21vs Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-42@ No. 6 Oregon | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 29-10vs UCLA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 71 | 49 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
71tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%7 TFLSack rate
4%3 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups71 tackles · 7 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
50.4%
420 pass / 414 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
421 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #152 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #28 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 42 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Herm Edwards and Lincoln Riley.
