Senior defensive back on East Carolina's 2025 roster.
5′11″ · 186 lb · Apopka, FL
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
CB recruit
No. 115 nationally · Joined Memphis
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on East Carolina's 2025 roster.
Ladarian Paulk
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Ladarian Paulk has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against BYU — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #425 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | East Carolina | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Memphis | 27 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-3vs Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs BYU | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 24-58@ UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
East Carolina
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · East Carolina
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
East Carolina · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #94
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to AJ Watts’s 2021 season.
Matches AJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jer'Marius Lewis's freshman season at New Mexico (2022).
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Player DNA