Sophomore linebacker for Central Michigan. 2025: 15 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
6′2″ · 225 lb · Romeo, MI · Romeo H.S.
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
Sacks: 51st percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU
Best game: 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, vs Massachusetts
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Central Michigan. 2025: 15 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
Victor Earl
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Wagner — Week 4, 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: solo tackles (8th 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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #560 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #51 of 55 Mid-American LBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 49–10
vs Wagner
4 TOT
Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.
With J. Labas — 241 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 7 rush yds (1 car) · N. Biggins — 15 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14@ San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-63@ Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Wagner | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-28@ Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-13vs Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-19vs Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-16@ Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Central Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Central Michigan
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #125 · 2026 recruiting class #95
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chris Rodgers’s 2023 season.
Matches Chris on
Differs from Chris on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Markus Boswell's freshman season at Akron (2025).
Matches Markus on
Differs from Markus on
Player DNA
2025 As a redshirt freshman linebacker, saw action in all 13 games … Listed as a backup linebacker on the depth chart … Also saw extensive action on special teams … Finished the season with 15 tackles (five solo), 0.5 tackles for loss for one yard, and a pass breakup … Made one tackle and broke u...
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