Preston Hodge

Senior cornerback for Colorado. 2025: 1 interception, 13 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

CB · Colorado · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 200 lb · Waxahachie, TX

CFB Index 77 · #53 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Colorado for 2026

How he plays

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 100th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

13 PBU · 52 tackles · 2.5 TFL

Best game: 5 PBU, 3 tackles, at Utah

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Colorado. 2025: 1 interception, 13 pass breakups, 52 tackles.

Signed with Liberty in 2022.
Transferred from Liberty to Colorado in 2024.

His career, year by year

Preston Hodge

CB · Colorado · Sr · #4

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Kansas State, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

77All-Conference level #53 of 364?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#2 / 2975 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#212 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.6	0.1	0.0	0.9
Road5g	5.4	0.3	0.0	1.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.0	0.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

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

77 · #53 of 364 corners

Unranked recruit. Now #53 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #3 of 29 Big 12 CBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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	Colorado	52	40	2.5	13	1	--
2024	Colorado	32	23	0.5	6	2	--
2023	Liberty	44	29	2.5	7	2	--
2022	Liberty	10	7	0.0	3	--	--
Career		138	99	5.5	29	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 24–17

vs Iowa State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With K. Salter — 255 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.1 · 57 rush yds (9 car) · D. Greaves — 41 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 20-27vs Georgia Tech	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 31-7vs Delaware	3	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 20-36@ Houston	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 37-20vs Wyoming	3	3	0.0	—	3
Wk 5	L 21-24vs BYU	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-35@ TCU	6	5	1.5	—	1
Wk 7	W 24-17vs Iowa State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-53@ Utah	3	1	0.0	—	5
Wk 10	L 17-52vs Arizona	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 22-29@ West Virginia	5	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 13	L 17-42vs Arizona State	8	7	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 14	L 14-24@ Kansas State	8	6	0.0	—	0
Total		52	40	2.5	1	13

How he plays

Play style

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

52Tackles

40Solo

2.5TFL

0Sacks

13Pass def.

1INT

52 tackles. 13 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.

Week 22 PD
Week 43 PD
Week 61 PD
Week 95 PD
Week 111 PD · 1 INT
Week 131 PD

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

Colorado

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Colorado

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +4 net (42 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Colorado · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #39 · 2026 recruiting class #67

DNA match

Player DNA

Ball Hawk

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Teldrick Ross’s 2021 season.

Teldrick Ross

78%match

Middle Tennessee · 2021

Kenneth Harris

Arkansas State · 2022

77%

De'Arre McDonald

Middle Tennessee · 2025

73%

Cam Smith

Oklahoma State · 2024

70%

Tre'Quon Fegans

Jacksonville State · 2025

All-Conference USA

68%

Matches Teldrick on

Interceptions

Height

Tackle volume

Differs from Teldrick on

Weight (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Elias Larry's senior season at Colorado State (2024).

Elias Larry

89%match

Colorado State · 2024

Ethan Johnson

App State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

86%

De'Arre McDonald

Middle Tennessee · 2025

84%

Kaylin Moore

UCLA · 2024

84%

Renardo Green

Florida State · 2023

All-ACCNFL Rd 2 · Pk 32

80%

Matches Elias on

Class year

Height

Interceptions

Differs from Elias on

Tackle volume (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Preston Hodge

Devon Marshall

NC State · 2024

80%

Garnett Hollis Jr.

West Virginia · 2024

80%

Kalon Gervin

Kansas · 2023

79%

James Shellman

Middle Tennessee · 2024

79%

Preston Hodge

Colorado · 2024

79%

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

Preston Hodge

20227 games

20249 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Ball Hawk

Players who play like Preston Hodge