Joseph Mutombo
Rice Owls
72
Average

Joseph Mutombo

Rice OwlsRebuilding
DEDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

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Joseph Mutombo is the projected starter at DE for Rice Owls.

Redshirt junior · #8 · 6'5", 271 lbs

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Depth at DE · Rice Owls

  1. 1872Joseph MutomboStarter
  2. 29854Robert Rooks

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Keller Central, ranked #1,271 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 12 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 72 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,271 Natl3-Yr Total24 tackles · 3.5 sacksTeam Share3%
Fort Worth, TX
Jersey
#8
Class
RS JR
Height
6'5"
Weight
271 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025121.51.5
20241132
2023110

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8550
National Rank
#1271
High School
Keller Central
Hometown
Keller, TX

Why this rating?

On a 73-rated defense; 64th-percentile production (×0.80 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 72.

Team defense (SP+)
73
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 64% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.80)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LECUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 28-12

Oct 3LUTSATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-14

Sep 27LFRESTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-24

Sep 19LWMUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-21

Sep 12LNDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-0

Sep 5WHCUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-3

Joseph Mutombo's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

12 tkl · 1.5 TFL · 1.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement60%
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