Senior linebacker for Arkansas. 2025: 9 tackles.
6′3″ · 235 lb · Las Vegas, NV
The story
4 linebacker for Arkansas. 2025: 9 tackles.
Trent Whalen
Kent State to Arkansas — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 52–7
vs Alabama A&M
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Alabama A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-41@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-32@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-56vs Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 42-45vs Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Arkansas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Arkansas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Arkansas · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #36 · 2026 recruiting class #46