#10

Teddye Buchanan

Former linebacker at California. 2024: 108 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.

LB · California · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 235 lb · South San Francisco, CA

CFB Index 88 · #22 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamBaltimore — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 27, #129 overall

The story

Former linebacker at California. 2024: 108 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UC Davis in 2020.
Transferred from UC Davis to California in 2024.
Drafted round 4 by the Baltimore in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 3345 nationally · Signed with UC Davis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at California, 108 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #129 overall by Baltimore.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with UC Davis2-star out of St. Ignatius College Preparatory

202412 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCfirst

2025

Drafted by Baltimoreround 4, pick 129

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3345 national

CFB

College

California

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #129

Baltimore · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2024)

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

#129Rd 4 · Pick 27

BaltimoreEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #22 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#31 / 2892 · 99th pct

108

Tackles for loss#58 / 2892 · 98th pct

12.0

QB hurries#103 / 2892 · 95th pct

Sacks#117 / 2892 · 95th pct

5.0

Solo tackles#181 / 2892 · 94th pct

Passes defended#327 / 2892 · 86th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	10.1	0.9	0.3	0.3
Road5g	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.3	1.0	0.6	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	10.0	1.0	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #22 of 571 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	California	108	42	12.0	5.0	4	--	--
Career		108	42	12.0	5.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 21–14

at Auburn

2 QB HUR · 3 TFL · 2 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With L. Wilson — 46 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 58 LONG · F. Mendoza — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.8 · 12 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-13vs UC Davis	9	2	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 21-14@ Auburn	11	9	3.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 3	W 31-10vs San Diego State	11	4	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 9-14@ Florida State	9	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 38-39vs Miami	8	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	L 15-17@ Pittsburgh	8	5	1.0	1.0	—	2
Wk 8	L 23-24vs NC State	15	4	2.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 9	W 44-7vs Oregon State	6	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 25-33vs Syracuse	14	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Stanford	8	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 6-38@ SMU	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 13-24@ UNLV	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		108	42	12.0	5.0	—	4

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