Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 0-66@ Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-70@ Cincinnati | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#16
Kolbe Cage
Former linebacker at Southern Miss. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 210 lb · New Orleans, LA
CFB Index 22 · #503 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
LB recruit
No. 1250 nationally · Signed with Arizona
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Southern Miss. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2021.
- Transferred from Southern Miss to Northwestern State in 2025.
Kolbe Cage
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Kolbe Cage has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 58 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
2021
- Signed with Arizona3-star out of Holy Cross
20233 games
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coaches2022–2023
Southern Miss
2024era →
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Arizona5-7HC: Jedd Fisch · Pass-leaning
2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 6.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
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
22 · #503 of 571 LBs
Three-star recruit. Now #503 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 29 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 5 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona | 24 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 58 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jonathan Sutherland’s 2021 season.
Matches Jonathan on
Tackle volume
Solo tackle rate
TFL rate
Differs from Jonathan on
Hurry rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Damien Miller's junior season at UAB (2022).
85%match
Matches Damien on
TFL rate
Weight
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Kolbe Cage
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology