#14

Stephen Dix Jr.

Senior linebacker for Arkansas. 2025: 79 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Arkansas · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 240 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 47 · #315 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Arkansas for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

4 TFL · 1 sacks

Best game: 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, at LSU

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Arkansas. 2025: 79 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida State in 2020.
70 tackles in 2024. Then 79 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Stephen Dix Jr.

LB · Arkansas · Sr · #14

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Stephen Dix Jr. has played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 12 tackles against Auburn — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #315 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#157 / 2975 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	7.0	0.5	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #315 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #315 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #51 of 76 SEC LBs

How the All-SEC 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	Arkansas	79	29	4.0	1.0	--	--	--
2024	Arkansas	70	24	2.5	2.0	1	--	--
2023	Marshall	62	28	7.0	2.0	1	--	1
2021	Florida State	14	5	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Florida State	44	17	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		269	103	17.0	5.0	3	--	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–7

vs Alabama A&M

0 TFL · 2 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With T. Green — 322 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 1 REC · 45 AVG · 2 IN 20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Alabama A&M	4	2	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Arkansas State	10	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 35-41@ Ole Miss	9	4	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 31-32@ Memphis	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 13-56vs Notre Dame	7	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Tennessee	11	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 42-45vs Texas A&M	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 24-33vs Auburn	12	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Mississippi State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 22-23@ LSU	7	5	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 37-52@ Texas	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		79	29	4.0	1.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

79Tackles

29Solo

4TFL

1Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

79 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 121 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · Arkansas

Returning around him

4 Arkansas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -1 net (42 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jordan Brown’s 2024 season.

Jordan Brown

87%match

North Texas · 2024

Dylan Hazen

Wake Forest · 2024

84%

TJ Quinn

Louisville · 2024

82%

Jerry Roberts

Arizona · 2022

80%

Omar Speights

Oregon State · 2021

79%

Matches Jordan on

Weight

Sack rate

Solo tackle rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Brown's graduate season at North Texas (2024).

Jordan Brown

92%match

North Texas · 2024

All-AAC

Brock Horne

Bowling Green · 2024

83%

Corey Flagg Jr.

Missouri · 2024

81%

Wayne Matthews III

Michigan State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

81%

Dorian Hopkins

UTEP · 2024

77%

Matches Jordan on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Stephen Dix Jr.

Jordan Brown

North Texas · 2024

81%

Bangally Kamara

Pittsburgh · 2023

79%

Jamie Pettway

South Florida · 2024

79%

Landyn Watson

Marshall · 2024

78%

Dylan Hazen

Wake Forest · 2025

76%

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

20208 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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