#10

Steve Linton

Former edge rusher at Baylor. 2024: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

EDGE · Baylor · Sr. · #10

6′5″ · 237 lb · Dublin, GA

CFB Index 35 · #305 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceBaylor 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former edge rusher at Baylor. 2024: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Transferred from Texas Tech to Baylor in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Baylor, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

3 programs, one constant: he played.

20237 games

Entered the portal

20249 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2024

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Syracuse1-10HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #305 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Strength: sacks (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#304 / 2892 · 89th pct

7.0

Sacks#309 / 2892 · 88th pct

3.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#781 / 2892 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#1590 / 2892 · 44th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th 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

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.8	1.0	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #305 of 426 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Baylor	26	25	7.0	3.0	--	--	--
2023	Texas Tech	22	13	4.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Syracuse	22	12	6.5	4.0	--	--	--
2021	Syracuse	6	4	2.0	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Syracuse	14	11	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Syracuse	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		92	65	20.5	11.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2024

W 37–34

vs TCU

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out TCU at home in a shootout.

With S. Robertson — 242 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 28 rush yds (9 car) · B. Washington — 196 rush yds (26 car) · 4 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 45-3vs Tarleton State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 12-23@ Utah	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 31-3vs Air Force	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 31-38@ Colorado	5	5	2.0	2.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 6	L 21-43@ Iowa State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 59-35@ Texas Tech	5	5	3.0	1.0	—	3.0 TFL
Wk 9	W 38-28vs Oklahoma State	4	4	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 37-34vs TCU	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 49-35@ West Virginia	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		26	25	7.0	3.0	—

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