#35

Reid Carrico

Senior linebacker for West Virginia. 2025: 69 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.

LB · West Virginia · Sr. · #35

6′2″ · 230 lb · Ironton, OH

CFB Index 75 · #87 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to West Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Sacks: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

8 TFL · 4.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 11 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Texas Tech

Statement game16 tacklesvs Baylor (FBS) · L 35-49

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for West Virginia. 2025: 69 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2021.
Transferred from Ohio State to West Virginia in 2024.

His career, year by year

Reid Carrico

LB · West Virginia · Sr · #35

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 11 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Texas Tech, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

75All-Conference level #87 of 583?

High confidenceBreakout7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#136 / 2975 · 95th pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#198 / 2975 · 93rd pct

8.0

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#280 / 2975 · 90th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.7	1.2	0.8	0.0
Road6g	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	7.0	0.8	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

75 · #87 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #87 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #14 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	West Virginia	69	39	8.0	4.5	1	--	--
2024	West Virginia	54	17	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Ohio State	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Ohio State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Ohio State	3	--	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		128	57	9.5	4.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 31–24

vs Pittsburgh

6 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

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

With O. Straw — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · N. Marchiol — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 57.4 · -4 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Robert Morris	4	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-17@ Ohio	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	6	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-41@ Kansas	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-48vs Utah	7	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 24-38@ BYU	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 13-45@ UCF	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-23vs TCU	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 45-35@ Houston	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 29-22vs Colorado	5	5	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 12	L 23-25@ Arizona State	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 0-49vs Texas Tech	11	5	1.5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Total		69	39	8.0	4.5	—	1

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

12 games

69Tackles

39Solo

8TFL

4.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

69 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 30.5 sacks
Week 61 PD
Week 112 sacks
Week 141 sack

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

West Virginia

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · West Virginia

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -17 net (34 in / 51 out)

2026 Award watch

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

West Virginia · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #49 · 2026 recruiting class #25

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Alex Afari Jr.’s 2025 season.

Alex Afari Jr.

84%match

Kentucky · 2025

Jhalyn Shuler

South Florida · 2024

79%

Triston Newson

Missouri · 2024

79%

Channing Tindall

Georgia · 2021

All-SECNFL Rd 3 · Pk 38

77%

Jamoi Hodge

TCU · 2022

76%

Matches Alex on

Solo tackle rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Cobbs's graduate season at San José State (2024).

Jordan Cobbs

81%match

San José State · 2024

Tyler Grubbs

Tulane · 2024

All-AAC

81%

Kyle Thornton

Washington State · 2024

80%

Caleb McCullough

Arizona State · 2024

78%

Gavin Potter

Tulsa · 2024

All-AAC

76%

Matches Jordan on

Weight

Solo tackle rate

Sack rate

Differs from Jordan on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

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Alex Afari Jr.

Kentucky · 2025

84%

Kyle Arnholt

App State · 2025

82%

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

Reid Carrico

20213 games

202412 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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