Senior defensive lineman on North Texas's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 287 lb · Junction City, KS · Junction City HS
The numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 5 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, at UAB
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on North Texas's 2025 roster.
Rudy Vargas Jr.
The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Rice, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Lamar | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-10vs Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-20@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 53-24@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
North Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · North Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135
2025: Appeared in 10 games, with one start in the win over Temple … recorded five tackles with 0.5 TFL on the season … had two tackles against Rice, marking a season high. Prior to UNT: Spent three seasons (2022-24) at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas … played in 19 games total in 2023 and...
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