#18

Isaiah Cash

Senior safety for Virginia Tech. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

S · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #18

5′11″ · 193 lb · Austin, TX

CFB Index 52 · #256 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Virginia Tech for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Tackles: 70th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

2 PBU · 41 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 8 tackles, at NC State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Virginia Tech. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 41 tackles.

Transferred from Sam Houston to Virginia Tech in 2025.

His career, year by year

Isaiah Cash

S · Virginia Tech · Sr · #18

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 1 sacks against NC State — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy

2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #256 of 544?

Medium confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#872 / 2975 · 70th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st 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
Home7g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road4g	4.5	0.4	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

52 · #256 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #8 of 25 ACC Ss

How the All-ACC 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	Virginia Tech	41	20	2.0	1.0	2	1	--
2024	Sam Houston	68	52	1.5	0.5	10	2	--
Career		109	72	3.5	1.5	12	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 23–21

at NC State

8 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Stewart — 174 rush yds (15 car) · N. Veltsistas — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 11-24@ South Carolina	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-44vs Vanderbilt	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 26-45vs Old Dominion	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-6vs Wofford	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 23-21@ NC State	8	6	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	L 23-30vs Wake Forest	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-34vs California	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-28vs Louisville	5	2	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 12	L 14-34@ Florida State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-34vs Miami	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 7-27@ Virginia	5	2	0.5	0.0	—	1
Total		41	20	2.0	1.0	1	2

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

Isaiah Cash

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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