Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs Ohio State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
#3
Rasheem Biles
Rasheem Biles led the ACC in tackles for loss, returned two interceptions for touchdowns, and took back a fumble for a third score -- in 10 games. Texas brought him in to plug the one hole in a title defense.
6′1″ · 222 lb · Columbus, OH · Pickerington Central
CFB Index 90 · #14 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceNational watchTransferred Pittsburgh → Texas 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.
On production he ranks #14 of 583 LBs; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.
The numbers
13
tackles · 2026
0.5 TFL
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 8 tackles, vs Ohio State
Statement game16 tackles · 5 TFL · 2 sacksvs East Carolina (FBS) · L 17-23
Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Rasheem Biles led the ACC in tackles for loss, returned two interceptions for touchdowns, and took back a fumble for a third score -- in 10 games. Texas brought him in to plug the one hole in a title defense.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2023.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to Texas in 2026.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans hotter than the country
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 56.7 points in belief.
36.7own fans
-20national conversation
The Texas Longhorns had a sensational weekend in the transfer portal, adding Cam Coleman, Hollywood Smothers, Rasheem Biles, and MORE to their class. Despite all of the additions, Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Football staff are not…
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In Their Words
272 windows · 2026 fan posts
rasheem×317.9havoc×314.7mascoe×209.8cryer×165.6smothers×38.9hollywood×38.4coleman×18.2linebacker×14.5
““They ain’t want me out of high school, and I was right there”: Texas linebacker Rasheem Biles says he wasn’t interested in transferring to Ohio State despite being from Columbus.”
bluesky_curated · fan post, verbatim
The story
Biles's 2025 at Pitt was a highlight reel of disruption: 101 tackles in just 10 games, an ACC-leading 17 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pick-sixes and a fumble-return touchdown -- three defensive scores from a linebacker who's always around the ball. All-ACC honors followed, and so did Texas, which added him to anchor its linebacker room. The forward stakes are a championship ceiling: the Longhorns had a roster built to contend and a need in the middle of the defense, and Biles is exactly the explosive, ball-producing playmaker that fills it. He's the kind of linebacker who doesn't just stop drives -- he flips games.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Biles is a downhill, ball-producing linebacker whose game is built on disruption and takeaways. The TFL crown (17, most in the ACC) shows a player constantly beating blocks into the backfield, and the three defensive touchdowns -- two pick-sixes and a scoop-and-score -- reveal rare ball skills and instincts for the position. The 100-tackle volume in only 10 games says he's a high-effort, every-snap producer. He's a play-finisher: he gets to the ball, and when he does, good things happen for his defense. The chip-on-the-shoulder former three-star now steps onto a national stage, and the profile -- range, production, takeaways -- is exactly what a title defense wants in the middle.
Written by our staff.
20233 games
- Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Pickerington Central
202412 games
The role got bigger.
- All-ACCthird
202510 games
- All-ACCsecond
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2025)
Badges
- Honors Badge
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Texas
Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas
2025Pittsburgh
2026Texas
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2026Texas2-0HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
High confidence
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
Box-score production (7)
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: 6.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
National watch / fringe AA
In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Selector Grid · 2026
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas | 13 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 100 | 39 | 17.0 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 80 | 46 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 9 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 195 | 94 | 31.0 | 8.5 | 13 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 24–23
vs Ohio State
8 TOT · 6 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With A. Manning — 195 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.0 · 24 rush yds (8 car) · D. Smothers — 74 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Biles is a downhill, ball-producing linebacker whose game is built on disruption and takeaways. The TFL crown (17, most in the ACC) shows a player constantly beating blocks into the backfield, and the three defensive touchdowns -- two pick-sixes and a scoop-and-score -- reveal rare ball skills and instincts for the position. The 100-tackle volume in only 10 games says he's a high-effort, every-snap producer. He's a play-finisher: he gets to the ball, and when he does, good things happen for his defense. The chip-on-the-shoulder former three-star now steps onto a national stage, and the profile -- range, production, takeaways -- is exactly what a title defense wants in the middle.
Our classifier reads him the same way: is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
LB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kyle Louis’s 2024 season.
75%match
All-ACCNFL Rd 4
Matches Kyle on
PD rate
Solo tackle rate
Differs from Kyle on
Hurry rate (lower)
Class year (higher)
Sack rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cade Uluave's junior season at California (2025).
79%match
All-ACC
Matches Cade on
Tackle volume
Sack rate
Solo tackle rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Rasheem Biles
Background
A first-year linebacker from Columbus, Ohio … on 2026 preseason watch lists for the Butkus Award, Lombardi Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy ... 2026 Walter Camp preseason First-Team All-America honoree ... 2026 preseason First-Team All-SEC ... 2026 Phil Steele preseason First-Team All-America sel...
The linebacker corps · Texas
- #3Rasheem Biles100 tackles · 2025
- #26Ty'Anthony Smith59 tackles · 2025
- #28Justin Cryer43 tackles · 2025
- #45Darius Snow34 tackles · 2025
- #14Brad Spence21 tackles · 2025
7 more on the roster · Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology