CFB Power Rankings

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LB · FBS · 2026 projection · model-projected, top 60

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LB Power · FBS

Top 60

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Proj Pwr ↓	Tot	Solo	TFL	Sk	QBH	PD
1	Red Murdock	LB	BUF	114.1	111	—	8.8	3.1	—	0.9
2	Caden Fordham	LB	NCSU	102.3	99	—	6.6	2.6	—	2.5
3	Bryun Parham	LB	CONN	101.3	89	—	7.1	5.1	—	1.1
4	Sammy Brown	LB	CLEM	99.4	78	39.4	10.5	4.8	4.9	3.0
5	Ray Coney	LB	TLSA	99.2	103	33.8	5.7	1.5	2.6	1.8
6	Jordan Pollard	LB	SJSU	98.8	97	—	7.5	1.8	—	2.6
7	Rasheem Biles	LB	PITT	97.7	85	32.6	9.5	2.9	3.0	3.7
8	Anthony Hill Jr.	LB	TEX	94.9	77	—	9.1	4.7	—	2.3
9	Baron Hopson	LB	KENN	94.7	98	41.5	6.1	0.6	1.4	3.4
10	Chris Jones	LB	USM	94.5	95	34.0	5.4	2.3	0.0	1.7
11	Xavier Atkins	LB	AUB	93.1	65	37.2	11.8	6.2	4.4	1.1
12	Gideon Lampron	LB	BGSU	91.8	84	47.0	11.0	1.8	2.6	1.1
13	Kyle Louis	LB	PITT	90.6	75	—	8.8	4.0	—	2.2
14	John Miller	LB	USU	88.9	75	—	7.4	4.1	—	2.4
15	Jordan Kwiatkowski	LB	CMU	88.2	85	—	8.6	1.3	—	2.1
16	Quinn Urwiler	LB	NIU	87.0	94	—	5.2	0.7	—	0.9
17	Suntarine Perkins	LB	MISS	86.6	62	30.5	9.6	5.6	7.6	2.2
18	Micah Davey	LB	UTEP	86.0	90	—	5.6	1.6	—	0.2
19	Mani Powell	LB	PUR	85.9	73	39.6	8.1	3.9	2.7	1.1
20	Jacob Rodriguez	LB	TTU	84.6	76	—	8.4	1.7	—	3.6
21	Owen Long	LB	CSU	84.6	89	35.0	3.2	1.1	0.0	3.0
22	Jaden Dugger	LB	UL	84.3	81	—	6.6	1.9	—	1.9
23	Kaleb Elarms-Orr	LB	TCU	83.7	81	—	5.8	2.4	—	1.3
24	Michael Montgomery	LB	USM	83.7	90	22.1	3.0	1.2	0.0	2.1
25	Cade Uluave	LB	CAL	83.7	76	33.6	7.6	1.9	3.5	3.0
26	Dion Crawford	LB	BUF	83.0	71	25.9	6.1	4.4	3.2	1.3
27	Colin Simmons	LB	TEX	81.4	44	24.6	10.6	8.1	9.6	1.6
28	Donelius Johnson	LB	KENN	80.4	74	—	6.0	3.2	—	0.7
29	Gabe Jacas	LB	ILL	80.2	50	—	8.5	7.5	—	0.8
30	Sam Brumfield	LB	MEM	80.0	76	32.0	6.1	2.6	1.1	0.7
31	Kam Robinson	LB	UVA	80.0	75	27.0	5.0	3.2	2.0	1.1
32	Matt Rose	LB	STAN	79.5	79	34.2	5.9	1.4	1.7	2.0
33	Mac Harris	LB	USF	79.4	66	—	6.6	4.0	—	1.8
34	Blayne Myrick	LB	USA	79.0	80	32.3	6.1	0.8	2.8	2.4
35	Cole Kozlowski	LB	UCF	78.8	69	—	7.7	2.5	—	2.2
36	Timmy Hinspeter	LB	MASS	78.8	84	20.4	3.4	1.2	1.4	1.7
37	Keyshaun Elliott	LB	ASU	78.6	67	—	6.8	3.5	—	1.5
38	Josiah Robinson	LB	GAST	78.6	72	33.4	6.7	2.4	1.5	1.8
39	Treylin Payne	LB	TXST	78.5	83	—	4.0	1.1	—	1.2
40	Jordan Stringer	LB	TROY	78.4	72	—	8.9	1.3	—	2.1
41	Sean Brown	LB	NCSU	78.3	81	—	5.8	0.9	—	1.1
42	Owen Chambliss	LB	SDSU	77.4	72	42.5	5.5	2.2	2.2	2.4
43	Xavian Sorey Jr.	LB	ARK	77.2	68	—	6.7	2.6	—	2.6
44	Corban Hondru	LB	M-OH	77.0	73	—	5.0	2.4	—	1.6
45	Gavin Moul	LB	DEL	76.8	78	35.7	5.3	1.3	0.8	1.5
46	Jordan Crook	LB	ASU	76.7	78	—	5.0	1.1	—	1.9
47	Trent Hendrick	LB	JMU	76.4	72	—	5.9	2.3	—	1.4
48	Teitum Tuioti	LB	ORE	76.1	50	23.9	8.1	6.0	3.1	1.9
49	Jack Kelly	LB	BYU	76.0	47	—	9.8	6.3	—	1.4
50	JonJon Vaughns	LB	UCLA	76.0	83	—	4.6	0.3	—	1.2
51	Rolijah Hardy	LB	IU	75.9	59	29.1	8.6	3.7	1.0	1.8
52	Marsel McDuffie	LB	UNLV	75.8	73	—	4.6	1.6	—	3.2
53	Arion Carter	LB	TENN	75.3	76	26.1	5.5	0.8	2.1	2.3
54	Eric Gentry	LB	USC	75.3	64	—	7.8	2.8	—	1.9
55	Jhalyn Shuler	LB	USF	75.3	65	—	6.6	2.3	—	3.5
56	Amare Campbell	LB	PSU	74.7	62	41.7	7.6	3.4	2.3	1.2
57	Josiah Trotter	LB	MIZ	74.6	72	—	7.0	1.3	—	1.2
58	CJ Allen	LB	UGA	74.6	71	—	5.1	1.6	—	3.1
59	Ty Morris	LB	RICE	74.1	63	26.6	7.1	3.2	1.8	1.1
60	Jayden Wilson	LB	UTEP	73.8	75	27.5	5.9	1.4	4.1	0.3

Projected composite (tot×0.8 + TFL×1.5 + sk×3.5 + PD×1.5). Solo/QBH shown but not scored (partial coverage). Blends toward actuals in-season.