Richard Outland

Senior defensive lineman on North Texas's 2025 roster.

DL · North Texas · Sr. · #8

6′3″ · 288 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 43 · #197 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to North Texas for 2026

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1 TFL · 21 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Lamar

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on North Texas's 2025 roster.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

Richard Outland

DL · North Texas · Sr · #8

Wins his gap play after play. Richard Outland has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles against Tulane — Week 15, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy

2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #197 of 330?

Low confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Tackles#1929 / 2975 · 34th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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
Home5g	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road7g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #197 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #27 of 53 American Athletic DLs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	North Texas	21	11	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2024	Sam Houston	18	12	5.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		39	23	6.5	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 49–47

at San Diego State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.

With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-0vs Lamar	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 33-30@ Western Michigan	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 59-10vs Washington State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-38@ Army	3	1	0.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 7	L 36-63vs South Florida	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 54-20@ Charlotte	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-17vs Navy	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 53-24@ UAB	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Rice	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 52-25vs Temple	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	L 21-34@ Tulane	3	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 49-47@ San Diego State	2	1	0.0	—	1
Total		21	11	1.0	—	1

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

Richard Outland

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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