Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Rhode Island | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-27vs Penn State | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 14 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#24
Saboor Karriem
Senior safety on Temple's 2026 roster.
6′3″ · 210 lb · Newark, NJ · West Orange
Transferred Illinois → Temple for 2026
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 346 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Temple's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Illinois in 2023.
- Transferred from Illinois to Temple in 2026.
Saboor Karriem
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Saboor Karriem has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Penn State — Week 2, 2026.
14 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Illinois4-star out of West Orange
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Stan Drayton, Everett Withers, and K.C. Keeler. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Temple
2025Illinois
2026Temple
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced
2024Illinois10-3HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Illinois9-4HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning
2026Temple1-1HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th 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: 7.0 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
K.C. Keeler
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
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 38–14
vs Rhode Island
6 TOT · 5 SOLO
Dominant 24-point win at home against Rhode Island.
With K. Mason — 158 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · J. Bermudez — 15 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2025 production profile sits closest to Cyrus Mcgarrell’s 2023 season.
Matches Cyrus on
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Bass's junior season at Virginia Tech (2025).
Matches Jordan on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Saboor Karriem
Background
Saboor Karriem's game-by-game stats 2026 (Senior, Temple): Transferred to Temple in January. 2025 (Junior, Illinois): Played in 13 games … saw action on special teams in 11 games and played defensive snaps in seven regular-season contests … 22 total tackles (16 solo) … career-high 10 tackles (sev...
The secondary · Temple
- #29Avery Powell54 tackles · 2025
- #16Pooh Lawton23 tackles · 2025
- #24Saboor Karriem21 tackles · 2025
- #13Denzel Chavis10 tackles · 2025
- #23Zyil Powell9 tackles · 2025
19 more on the roster · Temple team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology