Upton Stout: DB · Western Kentucky · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Upton Stout
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Seth Littrell and Tyson Helton. Another came in 2024: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Liberty — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 7.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-63@ No. 5 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%8 TFL53 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
52.2%
469 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
64.2
14 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #166 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at North Texas and Western Kentucky, 162 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #100 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
Played for two programs.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Seth Littrell and Tyson Helton.
Next stop · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 2nd NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 2nd NFL season
