Junior linebacker for Old Dominion. 2023: 17 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′2″ · 227 lb · Midway, GA
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 1244 nationally · Signed with Calvary Day School
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Old Dominion. 2023: 17 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
Sayyid Stevens
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Sayyid Stevens has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles against Marshall — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Old Dominion, 38 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Wilder → Ricky Rahne. 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: solo tackles (1st 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
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Old Dominion | 17 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Duke | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Duke | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Duke | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 38 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2023
W 10–9
5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With J. Shields — 258 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 13.2 · -24 rush yds (11 car) · K. Williams — 8 rec · 197 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-31vs Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 10-9vs East Texas A&M | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 35-41@ Marshall | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-13@ Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs App State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-30@ James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Avery Morris’s 2021 season.
Matches Avery on
Differs from Avery on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ben Bolton's graduate season at Tennessee (2025).
Matches Ben on
Differs from Ben on
Player DNA