Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-6vs Long Island University | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-38vs Missouri | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#5
Roman Pearson
Senior cornerback on Kansas's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Pickerington, OH · Pickerington HS
Transferred Ball State → Kansas for 2026
The story
4 cornerback on Kansas's 2026 roster.
- Signed with Bucknell in 2022.
- Transferred from Ball State to Kansas in 2026.
Roman Pearson
Erases the deep middle of the field. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Missouri — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Bucknellout of Pickerington Central
20257 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kansas
2025Ball State
2026Kansas
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Ball State4-8HC: Mike Uremovich · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2026Kansas1-1HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 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
Lance Leipold
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.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Ball State | 27 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 51–6
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 45-point win at home against Long Island University.
With I. Marshall — 246 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.7 · 49 rush yds (7 car) · C. Ballard — 90 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.2 · 14 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jarvis Ware’s 2024 season.
Matches Jarvis on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Differs from Jarvis on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Deonte Stanley's junior season at Middle Tennessee (2023).
85%match
Matches Deonte on
Weight
PD rate
Tackle volume
Background
2025 (at Ball State): Played in all 12 games at defensive back, starting eight games… Recorded 27 tackles (21 solo, 7 assisted), 1 interception and five pass breakups on the season… Had a season-high seven tackles against New Hampshire, while adding an assisted tackle-for-loss… Had his first inte...
The secondary · Kansas
- #3Corey Gordon53 tackles · 2025
- Austin Alexander46 tackles · 2025
- #1Jalen Todd44 tackles · 2025
- #27Taylor Davis41 tackles · 2025
- #5Roman Pearson27 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · Kansas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology