#10

Langston Patterson

Senior linebacker for Vanderbilt. 2025: 69 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Vanderbilt · Sr. · #10

6′1″ · 230 lb · Nashville, TN

CFB Index 34 · #427 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Vanderbilt for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1.5 TFL

Best game: 8 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Iowa

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Vanderbilt. 2025: 69 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2022.
78 tackles in 2024. Then 69 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Langston Patterson

LB · Vanderbilt · Sr · #10

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Vanderbilt. The receipt: 11 tackles against Auburn — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Clark Lea — 24-26 over that span.

2022Vanderbilt5-7HC: Clark Lea · Run-leaning

2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

34Below cohort / limited sample #427 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (90th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#280 / 2975 · 90th pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#649 / 2975 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

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

34 · #427 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #427 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #58 of 76 SEC LBs

How the All-SEC 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	Vanderbilt	69	27	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2024	Vanderbilt	78	39	5.0	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Vanderbilt	74	38	8.0	1.0	--	1	--
2022	Vanderbilt	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		226	107	14.5	1.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 45–24

at Tennessee

6 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 21-point win on the road against Tennessee.

With D. Pavia — 268 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 92.8 · 165 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD · T. Richardson — 6 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Charleston Southern	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 44-20@ Virginia Tech	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 31-7@ South Carolina	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 70-21vs Georgia State	3	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 55-35vs Utah State	4	1	0.5	—
Wk 6	L 14-30@ Alabama	7	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 31-24vs LSU	5	5	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 17-10vs Missouri	8	2	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 31-34@ Texas	7	3	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 45-38vs Auburn	11	2	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 13	W 45-17vs Kentucky	4	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 45-24@ Tennessee	6	4	0.0	—
Bowl	L 27-34vs Iowa	8	3	1.0	—
Total		69	27	1.5	—

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

13 games

69Tackles

27Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

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

Vanderbilt

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Vanderbilt

Returning around him

1 Vanderbilt player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (18 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #42 · 2026 recruiting class #33

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Parker Hughes’s 2024 season.

Parker Hughes

86%match

Middle Tennessee · 2024

NFL Rd 7

William Alexander

Tulsa · 2025

83%

Larry Nixon III

North Texas · 2021

81%

Khadry Jackson

Georgia Southern · 2022

80%

Luke Martin

Charlotte · 2021

80%

Matches Parker on

PD rate

Solo tackle rate

Class year

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to James Miller's senior season at South Alabama (2023).

James Miller

85%match

South Alabama · 2023

Stephen Dix Jr.

Arkansas · 2024

85%

Yvandy Rigby

Temple · 2023

84%

JT Killen

Coastal Carolina · 2023

All-Sun Belt

84%

Omar Speights

LSU · 2023

83%

Matches James on

Solo tackle rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Player DNA

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Will Harbour

Navy · 2023

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Aiden Sullivan

Oregon State · 2025

87%

William Alexander

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83%

Trey Lathan

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Jordan Stringer

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

20224 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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