#21

Upton Stout

Former defensive back at Western Kentucky. 2024: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 53 tackles.

DB · Western Kentucky · Jr. · #21

5′9″ · 182 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 62 · #166 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamSan Francisco — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 36, #100 overall

The story

Former defensive back at Western Kentucky. 2024: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 53 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2020.
Transferred from Western Kentucky to Western Kentucky in 2024.
Drafted round 3 by the San Francisco in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1912 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Western Kentucky, 162 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #100 overall by San Francisco.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20206 games

Signed with North Texas3-star out of North Shore

202214 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202411 games

Entered the portal
All-Conference USAfirst

2025

Drafted by San Franciscoround 3, pick 100

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1912 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #100

San Francisco · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 2nd NFL season

#100Rd 3 · Pick 36

San FranciscoEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Texas9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2023Western Kentucky8-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Western Kentucky8-6HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #166 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#253 / 2892 · 90th pct

7.5

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#524 / 2892 · 81st pct

Tackles#541 / 2892 · 81st pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.7	0.4	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	1.0	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #166 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #166 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Western Kentucky	53	30	7.5	1.0	1	1	--
2023	Western Kentucky	24	15	1.0	0.5	8	1	--
2022	Western Kentucky	44	29	0.5	0.0	2	4	1
2021	Western Kentucky	6	4	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2020	North Texas	35	24	0.5	0.0	3	--	--
Career		162	102	9.5	1.5	15	6	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–0

vs Eastern Kentucky

2 TFL · 2 SOLO · 5 TOT

Dominant 31-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.

With T. Finley — 351 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.4 · 13 rush yds (3 car) · K. Johnson — 14 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 0-63@ Alabama	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 31-0vs Eastern Kentucky	5	2	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 49-21@ Middle Tennessee	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-21vs Toledo	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Boston College	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 44-17vs UTEP	4	3	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-14@ Sam Houston	6	4	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	W 31-14vs Kennesaw State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-12vs Louisiana Tech	8	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-38@ Liberty	10	6	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 15	L 12-52@ Jacksonville State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		53	30	7.5	1.0	1	1

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