Ryheem Craig is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at East Carolina.
Craig carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. On tape: 7 tackles against Army, Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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 | East Carolina | 40 | 17 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 49 | 16 | 6.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 98 | 36 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ NC State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-3vs Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-34vs BYU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-6vs Army | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 19-26@ Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-27vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-22vs Charlotte | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-27vs Memphis | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-58@ UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-17vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 17 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
8%3 pass breakups40 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
44.5%
440 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #352 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #37 of 61 American Athletic LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,482 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the American Athletic as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Satterfield, Jeff Brohm, Mike Houston and Blake Harrell.
