Reid Carrico is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at West Virginia.
Carrico is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Ryan Day, Chad Scott and Rich Rodriguez. First career honor, 2024: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Texas Tech, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 23 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@ No. 22 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 No. 7 Texas Tech | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Total | 69 | 39 | 8.0 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups69 tackles · 8 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Ryan Day, Neal Brown and Rich Rodriguez.
