Tai Leonard
UTSA Roadrunners
80
Good

Tai Leonard

UTSA RoadrunnersAverage
LDEDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Tai Leonard starting?

Tai Leonard is the projected starter at LDE for UTSA Roadrunners.

Redshirt senior · #99 · 6'3", 260 lbs

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Depth at LDE · UTSA Roadrunners

  1. 19980Tai LeonardStarter
  2. 29567Drenon Fite III
  3. 34857Jacob Lopez-Veasey

UTSA Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of North Shore, ranked #1,080 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 14 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,080 Natl3-Yr Total27 tackles · 2 sacksTeam Share1%
Houston, TX
Jersey
#99
Class
RS SR
Height
6'3"
Weight
260 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025143.50
2024300
20231022

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
0.8574
National Rank
#1080
High School
North Shore
Hometown
Houston, TX

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 62th-percentile production (×0.89 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 62% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 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 3WRICETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 16-14

Sep 26WCSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-45

Sep 20LTEXTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-6

Sep 12WTXSTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-26

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

Final W 45-16

Tai Leonard's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

14 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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