Tank Pearson

Senior cornerback for Ohio. 2025: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

CB · Ohio · Sr. · #7

5′9″ · 178 lb · Oxford, MS

CFB Index 71 · #77 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Ohio for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETat South AlabamaHancock Whitney StadiumSouth Alabama by 4.5

How he plays

Gets targeted often and tackles in space.

Passes defended: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

8 PBU · 49 tackles

Best game: 2 PBU, 6 tackles, at Ohio State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Ohio. 2025: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2023.

His career, year by year

Tank Pearson

CB · Ohio · Sr · #7

Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Tank Pearson has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Ohio. 2025 brought the first one: All-MAC. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Buffalo — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning

2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy

2025Ohio9-4HC: Brian Smith · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #77 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#271 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#628 / 2975 · 79th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road6g	5.2	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #77 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #3 of 21 Mid-American CBs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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	Ohio	49	38	0.0	8	2	--
2024	Ohio	50	33	1.5	6	4	--
2023	Ohio	16	8	1.5	1	2	--
Career		115	79	3.0	15	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 52–35

vs Gardner-Webb

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Gardner-Webb at home in a shootout.

With P. Navarro — 290 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.7 · 72 rush yds (9 car) · C. Hendricks — 8 rec · 144 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-34@ Rutgers	6	4	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	W 17-10vs West Virginia	2	1	—	0
Wk 3	L 9-37@ Ohio State	6	6	—	2
Wk 4	W 52-35vs Gardner-Webb	1	1	—	0
Wk 5	W 35-20vs Bowling Green	6	4	1	0
Wk 6	L 14-20@ Ball State	4	2	—	2
Wk 8	W 48-21vs Northern Illinois	4	4	—	2
Wk 9	W 28-21@ Eastern Michigan	4	3	—	2
Wk 12	L 13-17@ Western Michigan	5	5	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-14vs Massachusetts	5	3	1	0
Wk 14	W 31-26@ Buffalo	6	5	—	0
Total		49	38	2	8

How he plays

Play style

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

49Tackles

38Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

8Pass def.

2INT

49 tackles. 8 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 32 PD
Week 51 INT
Week 62 PD
Week 82 PD
Week 92 PD
Week 131 INT

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

Ohio

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Ohio

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +3 net (19 in / 16 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Ohio · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #129 · 2026 recruiting class #107

DNA match

Player DNA

Perimeter Tackler

Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson’s 2021 season.

Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson

87%match

TCU · 2021

NFL Rd 6

Michael McMorris

Navy · 2020

84%

A.J. Odums

Nevada · 2025

79%

Logan Wilson

Cincinnati · 2025

77%

Amarian Williams

Liberty · 2025

75%

Matches Tre'Vius on

PD rate

Weight

Height

Differs from Tre'Vius on

Tackle volume (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Demetries Ford's junior season at Arizona State (2023).

Demetries Ford

88%match

Arizona State · 2023

Ronald Kent Jr.

Central Michigan · 2022

86%

Jaden Dedman

Nevada · 2022

85%

Tyson Durant

Akron · 2022

85%

Te'Cory Couch

Miami · 2022

83%

Matches Demetries on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Differs from Demetries on

Tackle volume (higher)

Player DNA

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The secondary · Ohio

#5Adonis Williams Jr.S · Sr.75 tackles · 2025
#2DJ WalkerS · Jr.55 tackles · 2025
#7Tank PearsonCB · Sr.49 tackles · 2025
#9Michael Mack IICB · Sr.35 tackles · 2025
#3Peter KemeniDB · Sr.9 tackles · 2025

27 more on the roster · Ohio team page

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

Tank Pearson

20239 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Perimeter Tackler

Players who play like Tank Pearson

The secondary · Ohio