Senior defensive lineman on Rice's 2025 roster.
6′4″ · 271 lb · Albuquerque, NM
The numbers
sacks · 2025
6 tackles
Best game: 2 tackles, vs Prairie View A&M
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Rice's 2025 roster.
Sam Carrell
Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 2 tackles against UTSA — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Bloomgren → Scott Abell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
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 | Rice | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 38–17
2 TOT
Dominant 21-point win at home against Prairie View A&M.
With C. Jenkins — 87 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.6 · 124 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · A. Turner — 68 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Prairie View A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 28-17@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-61@ UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-17vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
2026 Outlook
Rice
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Rice
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Rice · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #100 · 2026 recruiting class #104