Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 80-6vs Northwestern State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-45@ LSU | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Kolbe Fields
6th-year linebacker for Louisiana Tech. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 225 lb · New Orleans, LA · Archbishop Rummel HS
CFB Index 66 · #152 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Louisiana Tech for 2026
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.
The numbers
8
tackles · 2026
1 TFL
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL, at LSU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Louisiana Tech. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Carolina in 2021.
- Transferred from LSU to Louisiana Tech in 2023.
Kolbe Fields
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Shane Beamer, Brian Kelly and Sonny Cumbie. Two straight seasons of it now: Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week again in 2025. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against LSU, Week 2, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2021
- Signed with South Carolina3-star out of Archbishop Rummel
20223 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2023
- Entered the portal
202411 games
- All-Conference USAsecond
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Skip Holtz → Sonny Cumbie. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning
2022LSU10-4HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced
2024Louisiana Tech5-8HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning
2025Louisiana Tech8-5HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-heavy
2026Louisiana Tech1-1HC: Sonny Cumbie · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). 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: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.5 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
Sonny Cumbie
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.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Louisiana Tech | 39 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 71 | 37 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 124 | 54 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 80–6
3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 TFL
Dominant 74-point win at home against Northwestern State.
With J. Mickens — 31 rush yds (2 car) · B. Baker — 232 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 1 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Louisiana Tech
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Linebacker · Louisiana Tech
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -13 net (11 in / 24 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Louisiana Tech · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #124 · 2026 recruiting class #99
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to KeSean Brown’s 2023 season.
81%match
Matches KeSean on
Solo tackle rate
TFL rate
Sack rate
Differs from KeSean on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dorian Hopkins's senior season at Tulsa (2023).
Matches Dorian on
Solo tackle rate
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Kolbe Fields
Background
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS CUSA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year (2025) CUSA Preseason Watch List (2025) Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-CUSA (2025) Athlon Preseason First Team All-CUSA (2025) HERO Sports Preseason Group of Five All-American (2025) All-CUSA Second Team (2024) CUSA Preseaso...
The linebacker corps · Louisiana Tech
- #22Jadon Mayfield61 tackles · 2025
- #10Kolbe Fields39 tackles · 2025
- #21Zheric Hill32 tackles · 2025
- #23Alonzo Jackson Jr.29 tackles · 2025
- #35Cole Watson7 tackles · 2025
8 more on the roster · Louisiana Tech team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology