#10

Tim Hardiman

Senior defensive lineman on Tulsa's 2025 roster.

DL · Tulsa · Sr. · #10

5′11″ · 290 lb · Spring, TX

CFB Index 18 · #302 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Tulsa for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

36 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 7 tackles, vs Navy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Tulsa's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Arkansas State to Tulsa in 2025.

His career, year by year

Tim Hardiman

DL · Tulsa · Sr · #10

Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Navy — Week 3, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Arkansas State2-10HC: Butch Jones · Pass-heavy

2022Arkansas State3-9HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

2023Arkansas State6-7HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas State8-5HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

2025Tulsa4-8HC: Tre Lamb · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

18Below cohort / limited sample #302 of 330?

Low confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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
Home6g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

18 · #302 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #48 of 53 American Athletic DLs

How the All-AAC 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	Tulsa	36	15	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2024	Arkansas State	31	16	1.5	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Arkansas State	28	14	7.0	1.5	2	--	--
2022	Arkansas State	12	6	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Arkansas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		108	52	10.5	3.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 35–7

vs Abilene Christian

5 TOT · 1 QB HUR · 1 SOLO

Dominant 28-point win at home against Abilene Christian.

With A. Davies — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 80 LONG · K. Francis — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.6 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Abilene Christian	5	1	—
Wk 2	L 14-21@ New Mexico State	2	2	—
Wk 3	L 23-42vs Navy	7	2	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 5	L 14-31vs Tulane	5	1	—
Wk 6	L 7-45@ Memphis	3	0	—
Wk 8	L 27-41@ East Carolina	3	3	—
Wk 9	L 37-38vs Temple	1	1	—
Wk 11	L 21-40@ Florida Atlantic	1	1	—
Wk 12	W 31-14vs Oregon State	4	3	—
Wk 13	W 26-25@ Army	2	0	—
Wk 14	L 24-31vs UAB	3	1	—
Total		36	15	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

36Tackles

15Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.

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

Tulsa

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Tulsa

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (21 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Tulsa · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #84 · 2026 recruiting class #93

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Naki Fahina’s 2024 season.

Naki Fahina

85%match

New Mexico State · 2024

Tyrell Martin

Eastern Michigan · 2024

80%

Tim Hardiman

Arkansas State · 2024

78%

Jordan Branch

Middle Tennessee · 2020

74%

Noah Shannon

Iowa · 2021

73%

Matches Naki on

Weight

Height

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Naki Fahina's graduate season at New Mexico State (2024).

Naki Fahina

82%match

New Mexico State · 2024

Henry Bryant

Georgia State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

79%

Jalen Satchell

Michigan State · 2025

72%

Donovan Green

Eastern Michigan · 2025

68%

Kevon Darton

Arizona · 2024

65%

Matches Naki on

Class year

Height

Weight

Differs from Naki on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Tim Hardiman

Chidozie Nwankwo

Colorado · 2024

92%

Tyrell Martin

Eastern Michigan · 2024

85%

Jordan Branch

Middle Tennessee · 2022

85%

Andrew Taddeo

James Madison · 2025

84%

Joshua Singh

Vanderbilt · 2025

84%

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

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Backup

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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