Kobe Singleton

Senior defensive back on Oregon State's 2026 roster.

DB · Oregon State · Sr.

5′11″ · 188 lb · Tallahassee, FL

CFB Index 23 · #312 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Oregon State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 11 pm ETvs MontanaReser Stadium

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2819 nationally · Signed with Southern Utah

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Oregon State's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Utah in 2020.
Transferred from Liberty to Oregon State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Erases the deep middle of the field.

The full scouting read

Kobe Singleton

DB · Oregon State · Sr

Erases the deep middle of the field. Kobe Singleton has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2023: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2024Oregon State5-7HC: Trent Bray · Run-leaning

2025Oregon State2-10HC: Trent Bray · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

23Below cohort / limited sample #312 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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
Home6g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road5g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #312 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #312 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oregon State	28	19	1.0	4	--	--
2024	Oregon State	5	3	0.0	3	--	--
2023	Liberty	36	26	0.0	12	4	--
2022	Liberty	26	21	0.0	6	2	--
Career		95	69	1.0	25	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 45–13

vs Lafayette

3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 PD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Lafayette.

With G. Johnson — 79 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.9 · 82 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · A. Hankerson — 204 rush yds (25 car) · 4 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 15-34vs California	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 27-36vs Fresno State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-45@ Texas Tech	6	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	L 7-41@ Oregon	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-27vs Houston	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 23-27@ App State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-39vs Wake Forest	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 45-13vs Lafayette	3	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 10	W 10-7vs Washington State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 14-31@ Tulsa	4	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 8-32@ Washington State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		28	19	1.0	—	4

How he plays

Play style

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

28Tackles

19Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 71 PD
Week 82 PD
Week 121 PD

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

Oregon State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Oregon State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -15 net (20 in / 35 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Oregon State · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #76 · 2026 recruiting class #100

DNA match

Player DNA

Centerfielder

Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Al-Ma'Hi Ali’s 2025 season.

Al-Ma'Hi Ali

96%match

Western Kentucky · 2025

Kevin Knowles II

Florida State · 2024

91%

Marques Buford

Nebraska · 2024

86%

Alzillion Hamilton

Fresno State · 2025

82%

David Carter Jr.

Eastern Michigan · 2023

81%

Matches Al-Ma'Hi on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Sage Ryan's graduate season at Ole Miss (2025).

Sage Ryan

89%match

Ole Miss · 2025

Patrick Day

Bowling Green · 2024

86%

Warren Burrell

Georgia Tech · 2024

85%

Kee'yon Stewart

Arkansas · 2024

82%

Cedric Woods

Louisiana Tech · 2024

82%

Matches Sage on

Class year

Tackle volume

PD rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Kobe Singleton

Al-Ma'Hi Ali

Western Kentucky · 2025

96%

Caine Savage

Nevada · 2024

89%

Alzillion Hamilton

Fresno State · 2023

88%

Juan Lua

Massachusetts · 2023

88%

Kaleb Hayes

BYU · 2022

87%

The secondary · Oregon State

#6Jaheim PattersonDB · Jr.67 tackles · 2025
#8Sailasa VadrawaleDB · Jr.31 tackles · 2025
#1Mason WhiteDB · Sr.28 tackles · 2025
Kobe SingletonDB · Sr.28 tackles · 2025
#19Trey GlasperDB · So.23 tackles · 2025

21 more on the roster · Oregon State team page

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

Kobe Singleton

2020

202212 games

202313 games

20244 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Centerfielder

Players who play like Kobe Singleton

The secondary · Oregon State