#24

Kobe Wilson

Former linebacker at SMU. 2024: 102 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · SMU · Sr. · #24

6′0″ · 226 lb · Snellville, GA

CFB Index 84 · #36 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSMU 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 984 nationally · Signed with Parkview

Statement game16 tackles · 1 TFL · 1 sackvs Boston College (FBS) · W 38-28

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at SMU. 2024: 102 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Parkview in 2020.
Transferred from Temple to SMU in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at SMU, 302 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20205 games

Recruited3-star out of Parkview

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-AACsecond

202413 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#984 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022–2024

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Temple1-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2021Temple3-9HC: Rod Carey · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Pass-leaning

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #36 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#38 / 2892 · 99th pct

102

Solo tackles#95 / 2892 · 97th pct

QB hurries#255 / 2892 · 89th pct

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#484 / 2892 · 82nd pct

5.5

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.3	0.6	0.4	0.1
Road6g	7.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.9	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	9.0	0.6	0.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #36 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	SMU	102	48	5.5	3.0	1	2	--
2023	SMU	73	44	3.0	1.0	1	1	--
2022	Temple	64	39	5.5	1.5	2	--	--
2021	Temple	50	22	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Temple	13	9	2.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		302	162	20.0	6.5	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 34–27

at Louisville

10 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With K. Jennings — 281 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.8 · 113 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · I. Pearson — 54 AVG · 56 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 29-24@ Nevada	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Houston Christian	6	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 15-18vs BYU	5	2	0.5	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 66-42vs TCU	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-16vs Florida State	7	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 34-27@ Louisville	10	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 40-10@ Stanford	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Duke	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-25vs Pittsburgh	11	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 38-28vs Boston College	16	8	1.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 16 tackles
Wk 13	W 33-7@ Virginia	9	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 38-6vs California	7	4	2.5	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Bowl	L 10-38@ Penn State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		102	48	5.5	3.0	2	1

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