Kalen Carroll
TCU Horned Frogs
85
Great

Kalen Carroll

TCU Horned FrogsAverage
LCBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Central Michigan
2nd String / Backup

Is Kalen Carroll starting?

Kalen Carroll is listed 2nd string at LCB for TCU Horned Frogs.

Redshirt senior · #12 · 6'1", 185 lbs

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Depth at LCB · TCU Horned Frogs

  1. 1191Vernon Glover Jr.Starter
  2. 21285Kalen CarrollYou
  3. 31768Devondre McGee

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Center Grove, ranked #987 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 49 tackles, 2 INT, 4 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #987 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile86th
Indianapolis, IN
Jersey
#12
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
Central Michigan

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—4924

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
0.8607
National Rank
#987
High School
Center Grove
Hometown
Greenwood, IN

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated defense; 86th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.76 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 35% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 depth penalty

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

Sep 13WGRAMTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-7

Kalen Carroll's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

49 tkl · 4 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement70%
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