#34

TJ Quinn

Senior linebacker for Louisville. 2025: 95 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · Louisville · Sr. · #34

6′1″ · 235 lb · Valdosta, GA

CFB Index 85 · #32 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Louisville for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

8 TFL · 3 sacks · 4 PBU

Best game: 10 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 2 sacks, vs Kentucky

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Louisville. 2025: 95 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2021.

His career, year by year

TJ Quinn

LB · Louisville · Sr · #34

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. TJ Quinn has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Louisville. 2025 brought the first one: All-ACC. The receipt: 12 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Boston College — Week 9, 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

2021Louisville6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2025Louisville9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #32 of 583?

High confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (96th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#65 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#128 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#198 / 2975 · 93rd pct

8.0

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	7.7	0.7	0.3	0.2
Road4g	6.5	0.4	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.5	0.6	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	8.0	0.6	0.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

85 · #32 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #32 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #4 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Louisville	95	45	8.0	3.0	4	2	--
2024	Louisville	82	35	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Louisville	87	31	2.0	0.5	2	1	--
2022	Louisville	16	8	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Louisville	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		282	119	14.5	5.0	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 24–21

at Miami

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With M. Moss — 248 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 71.5 · -9 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · D. Chapeau — 3 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-17vs Eastern Kentucky	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-14vs James Madison	11	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 40-17vs Bowling Green	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	5	2	0.0	0.0	2	1
Wk 6	L 27-30vs Virginia	9	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21@ Miami	6	4	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 38-24vs Boston College	12	5	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 10	W 28-16@ Virginia Tech	10	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 26-29vs California	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 19-20vs Clemson	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 6-38@ SMU	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-0vs Kentucky	10	6	2.5	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Bowl	W 27-22vs Toledo	8	6	1.5	0.0	—	0
Total		95	45	8.0	3.0	2	4

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

13 games

95Tackles

45Solo

8TFL

3Sacks

4Pass def.

2INT

95 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 8 TFL.

Week 21 sack
Week 51 PD · 2 INT
Week 81 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 142 sacks · 1 PD

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

Louisville

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Louisville

Returning around him

1 Louisville player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -7 net (33 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Louisville · Last season: 9-4 (AP #19) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #48

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zack Woodard’s 2021 season.

Zack Woodard

84%match

UL Monroe · 2021

Jontrey Hunter

Georgia State · 2023

All-Sun Belt

80%

C.J. Allen

Georgia · 2025

79%

Donovan Manuel

Florida International · 2022

All-Conference USA

79%

Joseph Carter

Liberty · 2024

All-Conference USA

78%

Matches Zack on

TFL rate

Solo tackle rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Zack on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Devon Williams's graduate season at Minnesota (2025).

Devon Williams

84%match

Minnesota · 2025

Nick Jackson

Iowa · 2024

All-Big Ten

79%

Kobe Wilson

SMU · 2024

All-ACC

79%

Brock Horne

Bowling Green · 2024

78%

Jadon Pearson

Fresno State · 2025

All-Mountain West

77%

Matches Devon on

Weight

TFL rate

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like TJ Quinn

Brock Horne

Bowling Green · 2024

86%

Stevie Bracey

Virginia · 2023

84%

Aaron Alexander

Arkansas State · 2025

83%

Dylan Hazen

Wake Forest · 2024

83%

Coleman Cauley

Navy · 2025

83%

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

2021

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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