Kirk Lockhart

Junior safety on Rice's 2022 roster.

S · Rice · Jr. · #9

5′11″ · 184 lb · Cedar Hill, TX

CFB Index 28 · #416 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceRice 2022 alumnus

The story

3 safety on Rice's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rice in 2019.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 3724 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Rice, 128 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20197 games

Signed with Rice2-star out of Cedar Hill

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3724 national

CFB

College

Rice

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

Played his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 14-28 over that span.

2019Rice3-9HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2020Rice2-3HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-heavy

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

28Below cohort / limited sample #416 of 493?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#645 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles#769 / 2755 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#1784 / 2755 · 29th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #416 of 493 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #416 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Rice	42	27	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Rice	46	24	2.5	1.0	--	2	--
2020	Rice	28	16	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Rice	12	8	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		128	75	5.0	1.0	1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 52–10

vs McNeese

1 TFL · 3 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 42-point win at home against McNeese.

With T. McMahon — 274 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 26 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · B. Rozner — 3 rec · 101 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 14-66@ USC	6	3	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 52-10vs McNeese	3	3	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 33-21vs Louisiana	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 27-34@ Houston	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-17@ Florida Atlantic	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 42-41@ Louisiana Tech	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 23-56vs Charlotte	6	5	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 37-30vs UTEP	8	4	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 10-45@ Western Kentucky	9	6	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 12	L 7-41vs UTSA	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 17-21@ North Texas	2	2	0.0	—
Total		42	27	1.0	—

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

Kirk Lockhart

20197 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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