Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The three seasons at UNLV span two head coaches: Barry Odom and Dan Mullen. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 1 sack against Hawai'i — Week 1, 2026.
51 tackles · 3.5 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
vs California, Oct 3Tre Fulton is such a stud. I hope to god we are able to keep him. Pope gets all the attention at safety I feel, but Fulton is better in pretty much every way.UNLV fan, r/CFB game thread
Sacks3.5tied for 9th in the Mountain West this season.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Defensive profile
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakups
Interceptions
1interceptions
Tackle volume
51tackles this season
TFL rate
7%4 TFL
51 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Teams and coaches
2024UNLV11-3HC: Barry Odom · Run-heavy
2025UNLV10-4HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
2026UNLV5-3HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
Our ratings
CFB Zeitgeist Score 90 (#9 of 537). Show the ratings
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
90All-Conference level #9 of 537· through 7 games?
7 metrics · season cumulative
through 7 games score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (26th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Sacks#108 / 2515 · 95th pct
3.5
Tackles#187 / 2515 · 92nd pct
51
Solo tackles#265 / 2515 · 88th pct
24
Tackles for loss#468 / 2515 · 79th pct
3.5
Passes defended#465 / 2515 · 74th pct
2
Interceptions#144 / 557 · 37th pct
1
QB hurries#1214 / 2515 · 26th pct
0
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
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home/Road · Season halves
Home vs Road
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Home3g
7.0
0.5
0.5
0.3
Road4g
7.5
0.5
0.5
0.2
First half vs Second half
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Weeks 1-77g
7.3
0.5
0.5
0.3
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
2026 season
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
42.2%
218 pass / 298 run
Plays / game
64.5
8 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
258 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Starter
51 tackles in 7 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Starter
The No. 1,836 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mountain West as a sophomore.
Three seasons at UNLV
2026 is in progress.
2026 UNLV Mullen
Year 3 · 7 games
2025 UNLV Mullen
Year 2 · 13 games
2024 UNLV Odom
Year 1 · 1 game
High school Liberty
Bakersfield, CA · Class of 2024
Three-star, No. 1,836 in the 2024 class. Signed with UNLV.