#12

Kalib Perry

Senior linebacker for Louisville. 2025: 55 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Louisville · Sr. · #12

6′3″ · 230 lb · Georgetown, KY

CFB Index 44 · #341 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Louisville for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1.5 TFL · 1 PBU

Best game: 11 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, vs Boston College

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Louisville. 2025: 55 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2022.
Transferred from Tennessee to Louisville in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kalib Perry

LB · Louisville · Sr · #12

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Kalib Perry has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 1 TFL against Boston College — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #341 of 583?

High confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#484 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road4g	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.9	0.1	0.0	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

44 · #341 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #341 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #41 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Louisville	55	29	1.5	1	1	--
2024	Tennessee	26	11	2.5	--	--	--
2023	Tennessee	21	7	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Tennessee	14	7	0.0	--	--	--
Career		116	54	4.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

at Miami

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With M. Moss — 248 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · -9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · D. Chapeau — 3 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-14vs James Madison	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 40-17vs Bowling Green	3	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 27-30vs Virginia	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21@ Miami	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 38-24vs Boston College	11	8	1.0	1	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 10	W 28-16@ Virginia Tech	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 26-29vs California	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 19-20vs Clemson	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-38@ SMU	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-0vs Kentucky	5	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 27-22vs Toledo	3	3	0.0	—	0
Total		55	29	1.5	1	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

55Tackles

29Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

1INT

55 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 81 PD
Week 91 INT

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.

2026 Outlook

Louisville

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Louisville

Returning around him

1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -7 net (33 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Yanni Karlaftis’s 2024 season.

Yanni Karlaftis

86%match

Purdue · 2024

James Jackson

Virginia · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 3

81%

Devin Richardson

Washington State · 2023

80%

Nahji Logan

Massachusetts · 2023

80%

Derek Mcdonald

Syracuse · 2024

79%

Matches Yanni on

Tackle volume

Sack rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Yanni Karlaftis's senior season at Purdue (2024).

Yanni Karlaftis

90%match

Purdue · 2024

Nahji Logan

Massachusetts · 2023

87%

Travion Brown

Arizona State · 2023

81%

Alphonzo Tuputala

Washington · 2023

81%

Sirad Bryant

UAB · 2024

81%

Matches Yanni on

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Kalib Perry

Jeff Utzinger

Indiana · 2025

82%

Osita Ekwonu

Charlotte · 2024

81%

West Weeks

LSU · 2024

80%

Langston Long

Toledo · 2025

76%

Jordan Sanders

Navy · 2023

72%

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

Kalib Perry

20227 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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