Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 21-6@ Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-44@ North Texas | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#20
Landyn Cleveland
Junior safety on UNLV's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Dallas, TX
CFB Index 37 · #390 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred Oklahoma State → UNLV 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.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 631 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on UNLV's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2024.
- Transferred from Oklahoma State to UNLV in 2026.
Landyn Cleveland
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against North Texas, Week 2, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Oklahoma State3-star out of Mansfield Legacy
20263 games
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
UNLV
Coaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Dan Mullen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UNLV
2025Oklahoma State
2026UNLV
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Oklahoma State3-9HC: Mike Gundy · Pass-leaning
2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced
2026UNLV1-2HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.6%
87 pass / 122 run
Plays / game
69.7
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
37 · #390 of 544 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #390 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UNLV | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 33 | 18 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 21–6
at Hawai'i
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
With M. Choules — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 64 LONG · J. Arnold — 116 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.5 · 89 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD
Game log
Game by game
Landyn Cleveland's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Derek Fields Jr.’s 2025 season.
Matches Derek on
PD rate
Weight
Tackle volume
Differs from Derek on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Quay'sheed Scott's sophomore season at Kentucky (2025).
Matches Quay'sheed on
Class year
TFL rate
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Landyn Cleveland
The secondary · UNLV
- #7Jake Pope80 tackles · 2025
- #10Tre Fulton33 tackles · 2025
- #20Landyn Cleveland33 tackles · 2025
- #1Mumu Bin-Wahad32 tackles · 2025
- #5Quandarius Keyes14 tackles · 2025
13 more on the roster · UNLV team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology