Junior linebacker for Old Dominion. 2025: 5 tackles.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Bluefield, VA · Graham
The numbers
tackles · 2025
Best game: 2 tackles, at Georgia Southern
His career numbers, season by seasonGage Sawyers
Second year in the Old Dominion linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Ricky Rahne — 15-10 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-48@ Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-10@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Old Dominion
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Old Dominion
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Old Dominion · Last season: 10-3 · Talent rank #122 · 2026 recruiting class #96
14 more on the roster · Old Dominion team page