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Senior linebacker for California. 2021: 40 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · California · Sr. · #46

6′2″ · 260 lb · Brenham, TX

CFB Index 27 · #475 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceCalifornia 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 512 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for California. 2021: 40 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at California, 57 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Texas3-star out of Brenham

202111 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#512 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2019

Justin Wilcox

California

2021

Justin Wilcox

California

Played his entire career under Justin Wilcox.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2021California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #475 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (84th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#295 / 2743 · 89th pct

7.5

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Passes defended#735 / 2743 · 67th pct

Tackles#928 / 2743 · 65th pct

Solo tackles#943 / 2743 · 65th pct

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.2
Road6g	4.0	0.8	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.7	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #475 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #475 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	California	40	23	7.5	1.0	2	--	--
2019	Texas	10	8	2.0	1.0	2	--	--
2018	Texas	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Texas	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		57	37	9.5	2.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 42–30

vs Sacramento State

1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Sacramento State at home in a shootout.

With C. Garbers — 288 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 59.8 · 68 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · N. Remigio — 1 rec · 18 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 32-34@ TCU	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-30vs Sacramento State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-31@ Washington	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 6-21vs Washington State	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-24@ Oregon	7	3	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	W 26-3vs Colorado	3	2	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 9	W 39-25vs Oregon State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-10@ Arizona	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 41-11@ Stanford	3	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-42@ UCLA	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 24-14vs USC	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		40	23	7.5	1.0	—	2

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