#56

Kyle Arnholt

Senior linebacker for App State. 2025: 56 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · App State · Sr. · #56

6′2″ · 225 lb · Roanoke, VA

CFB Index 31 · #454 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to App State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs CharlotteKidd Brewer StadiumApp State by 17.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1 TFL · 0.5 sacks

Best game: 8 tackles, 0.5 TFL, at Old Dominion

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for App State. 2025: 56 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to App State in 2021.
54 tackles in 2024. Then 56 in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 84th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kyle Arnholt

LB · App State · Sr · #56

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Kyle Arnholt has been at App State through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Marshall — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning

2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

31Below cohort / limited sample #454 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#468 / 2975 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#1178 / 2975 · 59th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road6g	5.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #454 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #454 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #46 of 63 Sun Belt LBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	App State	56	18	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2024	App State	54	13	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	App State	19	11	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	App State	9	6	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		138	48	4.5	2.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Lindenwood

3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Swann — 293 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · R. Dubinion — 194 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-11@ Charlotte	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 20-13vs Lindenwood	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 22-38@ Southern Miss	5	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 14-47@ Boise State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-23vs Oregon State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 41-20@ Georgia State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Old Dominion	8	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 10-58@ James Madison	6	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 26-24vs Marshall	9	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 14	L 29-30vs Arkansas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 10-29vs Georgia Southern	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Total		56	18	1.0	0.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

56Tackles

18Solo

1TFL

0.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

56 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 80.5 sacks

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

App State

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · App State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -5 net (38 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

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

App State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #59

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Hayes Maples’s 2023 season.

Hayes Maples

85%match

Southern Miss · 2023

Andrew Behm

Akron · 2021

83%

Reid Carrico

West Virginia · 2024

82%

KJ Robertson

Troy · 2022

81%

Kyle Arnholt

App State · 2024

80%

Matches Hayes on

Tackle volume

Solo tackle rate

PD rate

Differs from Hayes on

Hurry rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Reid Carrico's senior season at West Virginia (2024).

Reid Carrico

88%match

West Virginia · 2024

Gerrell Johnson

Massachusetts · 2023

85%

Jaden Dolphin

Northern Illinois · 2024

84%

JT Killen

Coastal Carolina · 2023

All-Sun Belt

79%

Cody Simon

Ohio State · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 4

78%

Matches Reid on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Reid on

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Kyle Arnholt

Kyle Arnholt

App State · 2025

80%

Reid Carrico

West Virginia · 2024

79%

Blaise Tita

Rice · 2024

79%

Dalton Hughes

South Alabama · 2025

77%

Caden Johnson

Ball State · 2024

77%

The linebacker corps · App State

#10Colton PharesLB · Sr.101 tackles · 2025
#56Kyle ArnholtLB · Sr.56 tackles · 2025
Jaelin WillisLB · Sr.39 tackles · 2025
#13Keshawn ThomasLB · Sr.37 tackles · 2025
#22Ronnie PorterLB · Sr.15 tackles · 2025

11 more on the roster · App State team page

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