Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#6
Kobe Black
Junior defensive back on Texas's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 202 lb · Waco, TX · Connally
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Texas)
Recruiting
5★
CB recruit
No. 34 nationally · Signed with Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Texas's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to Texas in 2024.
In Their Words
126 windows · 2026 fan posts
kobe×1465.9jelani×167.8mcdonald×154.5safety×45.8jonah×133.3williams×31.6
“Could Kobe Black move down to linebacker?”
youtube/Inside Texas Football · fan post, verbatim
Kobe Black
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Texas. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Ohio State — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20246 games
- Signed with Texas5-star out of Waco Connally
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
Texas
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Texas
Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Texas
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian, all balanced offenses — 25-6 over that span.
2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2026Texas2-0HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Ohio State
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With A. Manning — 195 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · D. Smothers — 74 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Derek Williams Jr.’s 2025 season.
Matches Derek on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Quentin Reddish's sophomore season at Virginia Tech (2025).
90%match
Matches Quentin on
Class year
Interceptions
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Kobe Black
Background
A third-year defensive back who has played in 25 games with one start. SOPHOMORE (2025) Saw action in season opener at No. 3/2 Ohio State (8/30) ... recorded three solo tackles in home opener vs. San Jose State (9/6) ... saw action vs. UTEP (9/13) ... did not play vs. Sam Houston (9/20) due to in...
The secondary · Texas
- #4Jelani McDonald80 tackles · 2025
- #5Bo Mascoe48 tackles · 2025
- #29Graceson Littleton46 tackles · 2025
- #2Derek Williams Jr.23 tackles · 2025
- #6Kobe Black15 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology