Senior safety on Oklahoma State's 2021 roster.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Sunnyvale, TX
The story
4 safety on Oklahoma State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTrey Sterling
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Oklahoma State. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Missouri State, Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma State, 161 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Gundy.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mike Gundy — 35-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (9th 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
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 15 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 74 | 51 | 12.0 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 70 | 41 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 8 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 161 | 100 | 22.5 | 3.0 | 12 | 3 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-16vs Missouri State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 28-23vs Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-0@ Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-21vs Baylor | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Ladarius Tennison’s 2021 season.
Matches Ladarius on
Differs from Ladarius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Doneiko Slaughter's senior season at Tennessee (2021).
Matches Doneiko on
Player DNA