Tyree Skipper

Senior safety for Louisiana. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

S · Louisiana · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 207 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 58 · #196 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Louisiana for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs UABCajun FieldLouisiana by 7.5

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Tackles: 83rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

2 PBU · 55 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 9 tackles, at South Alabama

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Louisiana. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisiana in 2020.

His career, year by year

Tyree Skipper

S · Louisiana · Sr · #4

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Tyree Skipper has been at Louisiana through two head coaches in five seasons. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Sun Belt again in 2025. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 1 sacks against South Alabama, Week 10, 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

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #196 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#484 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#483 / 2975 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	7.3	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

58 · #196 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #196 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #16 of 42 Sun Belt Ss

How the All-Sun Belt 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	Louisiana	55	31	1.0	1.0	2	1	--
2024	Louisiana	41	30	0.0	0.0	2	4	--
2023	Louisiana	55	33	0.5	0.0	3	3	--
2022	Louisiana	23	10	1.0	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Louisiana	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		177	107	2.5	2.0	8	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 34–10

vs McNeese

1 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Davis — 132 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · R. Williams — 2 rec · 18 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 12-14vs Rice	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 34-10vs McNeese	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-52@ Missouri	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan	9	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 5	W 54-51vs Marshall	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-24@ James Madison	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-22vs Southern Miss	3	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 9	L 23-35@ Troy	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-22@ South Alabama	9	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-39vs Texas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 13-20@ Delaware	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		55	31	1.0	1.0	1	2

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

55Tackles

31Solo

1TFL

1Sacks

2Pass def.

1INT

55 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 11 PD
Week 81 INT
Week 101 sack

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

Louisiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Louisiana

Returning around him

1 Louisiana player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -3 net (5 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Louisiana · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #91

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Matthew Durrance’s 2025 season.

Matthew Durrance

86%match

Washington State · 2025

Shyheim Brown

Florida State · 2024

85%

Cam'Ron Kelly

North Carolina · 2022

84%

Jaylen Key

Alabama · 2023

NFL Rd 7

84%

Jayden Johnson

Arkansas · 2023

83%

Matches Matthew on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marlen Sewell's graduate season at Vanderbilt (2025).

Marlen Sewell

87%match

Vanderbilt · 2025

Tamarion McDonald

Louisville · 2024

84%

Javon Mcintyre

Pittsburgh · 2025

83%

Michael Dixon

Rutgers · 2024

81%

Zion Washington

Boise State · 2025

81%

Matches Marlen on

PD rate

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Tyree Skipper

Will Hardy

North Carolina · 2023

95%

DJ Warnell

Arizona · 2022

93%

Al Walcott

Arkansas · 2023

90%

Judge Collier

South Carolina · 2025

86%

Matthew Durrance

Washington State · 2025

86%

The secondary · Louisiana

#11Brent Gordon Jr.CB · So.62 tackles · 2025
#4Tyree SkipperS · Sr.55 tackles · 2025
#7Courtline FlowersS · Sr.48 tackles · 2025
#21Maurion EleamS · Sr.47 tackles · 2025
#2Jalen ClarkS · Sr.44 tackles · 2025

24 more on the roster · Louisiana team page

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

Tyree Skipper

20203 games

20249 games

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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