Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 70-7vs Morgan State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-48@ Texas A&M | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
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Owen Long
Junior linebacker for Arizona State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 225 lb · Whittier, CA · La Serna
CFB Index 79 · #66 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceTransferred Colorado State → Arizona State 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.
The numbers
11
tackles · 2026
1 PBU
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 7 tackles, at Texas A&M
Statement game17 tackles · 1 TFL · 1 sackvs Air Force (FBS) · L 21-42
Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Arizona State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2024.
- Transferred from Colorado State to Arizona State in 2026.
Owen Long
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Jay Norvell, Tyson Summers and Kenny Dillingham. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West. The receipt: 7 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 2, 2026.
11 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
202412 games
- Signed with Colorado State3-star out of La Serna
202512 games
- All-Mountain Westfirst
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Arizona State
Played his entire career under Kenny Dillingham.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Arizona State
2025Colorado State
2026Arizona State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Colorado State8-5HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning
2025Colorado State2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Balanced
2026Arizona State1-1HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidenceBreakout
Concern: solo tackles (7th 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 splits
Through 2 games: 5.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona State | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Colorado State | 148 | 58 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Colorado State | 44 | 15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 203 | 76 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 8 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 70–7
vs Morgan State
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Colin Ramos’s 2024 season.
49%match
All-AAC
Matches Colin on
TFL rate
Differs from Colin on
Class year (lower)
Height (higher)
Weight (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Jones's sophomore season at Southern Miss (2025).
64%match
All-Sun Belt
Matches Chris on
PD rate
TFL rate
Height
Differs from Chris on
Weight (lower)
Tackle volume (higher)
The linebacker corps · Arizona State
- #22Owen Long148 tackles · 2025
- #8Martell Hughes39 tackles · 2025
- #30Zyrus Fiaseu12 tackles · 2025
- #13Prayer Young-Blackgoat7 tackles · 2025
- #18Ramere Davis1 game · 2025
5 more on the roster · Arizona State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology