Omar Staples
Stanford Cardinal
71
Average

Omar Staples

Stanford CardinalRebuilding
DEDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

Is Omar Staples starting?

Omar Staples is the projected starter at DE for Stanford Cardinal.

Redshirt junior · #45 · 6'3", 270 lbs

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Depth at DE · Stanford Cardinal

  1. 14571Omar StaplesStarter
  2. 29559Adam Shovlin
  3. 35545Joe Asiain

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Oakland Tech, ranked #1,220 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 20 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,220 Natl2-Yr Total26 tackles · 2 sacksTeam Share3%
Oakland, CA
Jersey
#45
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
270 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025202.51
2024611

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
0.8567
National Rank
#1220
High School
Oakland Tech
Hometown
Oakland, CA

Why this rating?

On a 70-rated defense; 69th-percentile production (×0.84 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
70
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 69% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.84)
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 10LNDTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 58-7

Oct 3LWAKETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 57-3

Sep 27WGTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-27

Sep 19LDUKETKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-7

Sep 5LMIATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-6

Aug 29WHAWTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 37-27

Omar Staples's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

20 tkl · 2.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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