#23

Khari Coleman

Former linebacker at Ole Miss. 2024: 45 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Ole Miss · Sr. · #23

6′2″ · 220 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 23 · #495 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 659 nationally · Signed with G.W. Carver

Statement game8 tackles · 5 TFL · 2 sacksvs Troy (FBS) · W 28-10

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Ole Miss. 2024: 45 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to G.W. Carver in 2020.
Transferred from TCU to Ole Miss in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 177 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20208 games

Recruited3-star out of G.W. Carver

202210 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#659 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022Ole Miss8-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #495 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (89th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Tackles#748 / 2892 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#1114 / 2892 · 60th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2296 / 2892 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #495 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #495 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	45	19	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Ole Miss	48	32	3.5	2.5	1	--	--
2022	Ole Miss	35	20	9.5	4.5	--	--	--
2021	TCU	19	10	2.5	1.5	1	--	--
2020	TCU	30	18	14.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		177	99	30.0	11.5	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee	5	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 40-6@ Wake Forest	5	2	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 52-13vs Georgia Southern	9	6	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 5	L 17-20vs Kentucky	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-3@ South Carolina	5	4	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 26-29@ LSU	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	8	4	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 63-31@ Arkansas	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Florida	3	0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 26-14vs Mississippi State	1	0	0.5	—
Bowl	W 52-20vs Duke	5	1	0.0	—
Total		45	19	0.5	—

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

Khari Coleman

20208 games

202210 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

Players who play like Khari Coleman