#12

Tre Freeman

Senior linebacker for Duke. 2025: 52 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Duke · Sr. · #12

6′0″ · 230 lb · Durham, NC

CFB Index 68 · #139 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Duke for 2026

How he plays

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.

Tackles: 81st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

4 TFL · 1 sacks · 3 PBU

Best game: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 1 INT, vs NC State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Duke. 2025: 52 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

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

His career, year by year

Tre Freeman

LB · Duke · Sr · #12

Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Five seasons at Duke, four different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, Trooper Taylor and Manny Diaz. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 1 INT against NC State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

68Quality starter #139 of 583?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (81st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#550 / 2975 · 81st pct

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Solo tackles#839 / 2975 · 71st pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

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
Home7g	4.6	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.5	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #139 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #139 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #17 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	Duke	52	23	4.0	1.0	3	2	--
2024	Duke	67	30	3.5	0.5	2	2	--
2023	Duke	95	52	5.0	1.5	3	1	--
2022	Duke	16	7	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Duke	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		232	113	14.0	4.0	8	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 27–20

at Virginia

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

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

With D. Mensah — 196 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.1 · K. Reynoldson — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG

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 45-17vs Elon	6	2	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 19-45vs Illinois	6	3	1.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Tulane	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-33vs NC State	9	3	0.5	0.0	1	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 5	W 38-3@ Syracuse	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-21@ California	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 18-27vs Georgia Tech	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 46-45@ Clemson	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 34-37@ UConn	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 12	L 17-34vs Virginia	5	3	0.5	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 49-32vs Wake Forest	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 27-20@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 42-39vs Arizona State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		52	23	4.0	1.0	2	3