#19

Sam Cook

Senior linebacker for Nevada. 2025: 19 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Nevada · Sr. · #19

6′4″ · 233 lb · Neosho, MO

CFB Index 26 · #486 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Nevada for 2026

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Tackles for loss: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

6.5 TFL · 1 sacks

Best game: 2 tackles, 1.5 TFL, at Penn State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Nevada. 2025: 19 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Transferred from Southeast Missouri State to Nevada in 2025.

His career, year by year

Sam Cook

LB · Nevada · Sr · #19

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. He got to Nevada by way of Southeast Missouri State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against UNLV — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Nevada3-9HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #486 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Tackles#2072 / 2975 · 29th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.8	1.0	0.2	0.0
Road5g	1.6	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

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.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #486 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #36 of 45 Mountain West LBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Nevada	19	11	6.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		19	11	6.5	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 20–17

vs Sacramento State

1 TFL · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Purdy — 144 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 17.2 · 115 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD · M. Bellon — 5 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 11-46@ Penn State	2	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 20-17vs Sacramento State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 3	L 13-14vs Middle Tennessee	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	L 16-31@ Western Kentucky	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 22-24@ New Mexico	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 14-51@ Utah State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 55-10vs San José State	3	3	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 13-7@ Wyoming	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-42vs UNLV	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		19	11	6.5	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Sam Cook

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Sideline-to-Sideline