Linebacker, SMU, 2017–⁠21

Trevor Denbow

Number: No. 16
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 225 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Corsicana, TX
Born: Aug 26, 1998

Trevor Denbow played linebacker at SMU (2017–⁠21).

12tackles, career highvs. Tulane, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	SMU	42	27	4.5	1.5	0	1	1
2019	SMU	64	39	2	0.5	0	4	0
2020	SMU	37	27	7	1	1	1	1
2021	SMU	40	29	0	0	2	2	1
Career		183	122	13.5	3	3	8	3

Punting

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2018	SMU	2	83	41.5	47	1
2019	SMU	43	1,662	38.7	72	3
Career		45	1,745	38.8	72	4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	SMU	16	LB	RS
2018	SMU	16	LB	Fr.
2019	SMU	16	LB	So.
2020	SMU	16	LB	Jr.
2021	SMU	16	LB	Sr.	5′11″	225

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 SMU 10 games, 40 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.Abilene Christian	W 56–⁠9	2	2	1	2
Sep 11	vs.North Texas	W 35–⁠12	8	8	0	0
Sep 25	atTCU	W 42–⁠34	2	1	0	0
Oct 2	vs.South Florida	W 41–⁠17	4	3	0	0
Oct 9	atNavy	W 31–⁠24	5	3	0	0
Oct 21	vs.Tulane	W 55–⁠26	4	4	0	0
Oct 30	atHouston	L 37–⁠44	6	2	0	0
Nov 6	atMemphis	L 25–⁠28	2	2	0	0
Nov 20	atCincinnati	L 14–⁠48	3	2	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Tulsa	L 31–⁠34	4	2	1	0

2020 SMU 10 games, 37 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 5	atTexas State	W 31–⁠24	6	4	1	0	0	0
Sep 19	atNorth Texas	W 65–⁠35	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 26	vs.Stephen F. Austin	W 50–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 3	vs.Memphis	W 30–⁠27	3	3	0	0	1	0
Oct 16	atTulane	W 37–⁠34	3	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 24	vs.Cincinnati	L 13–⁠42	2	2	0	0	0	0
Oct 31	vs.Navy	W 51–⁠37	4	4	2	1	0	0
Nov 7	atTemple	W 47–⁠23	7	5	2	0	0	0
Nov 14	atTulsa	L 24–⁠28	3	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 28	atEast Carolina	L 38–⁠52	4	2	0	0	0	1

2019 SMU 12 games, 64 tackles, 0.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 7	vs.North Texas	W 49–⁠27	4	1	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Texas State	W 47–⁠17	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 21	atTCU	W 41–⁠38	3	3	0	0	0
Sep 28	atSouth Florida	W 48–⁠21	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Tulsa	W 43–⁠37	4	3	0	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Temple	W 45–⁠21	6	6	0	0	0
Oct 24	atHouston	W 34–⁠31	6	2	1.5	0.5	1
Nov 2	atMemphis	L 48–⁠54	2	2	0	0	1
Nov 9	vs.East Carolina	W 59–⁠51	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 23	atNavy	L 28–⁠35	9	5	0	0	1
Nov 30	vs.Tulane	W 37–⁠20	12	5	0.5	0	0
Dec 21 ✦	atFlorida Atlantic	L 28–⁠52	9	6	0	0	0

2018 SMU 11 games, 42 tackles, 1.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	atNorth Texas	L 23–⁠46	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 7	vs.TCU	L 12–⁠42	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 15	atMichigan	L 20–⁠45	6	4	1	0	0
Sep 22	vs.Navy	W 31–⁠30	4	3	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Houston Christian	W 63–⁠27	6	3	0	0	0
Oct 6	atUCF	L 20–⁠48	3	3	0	0	1
Oct 20	atTulane	W 27–⁠23	8	6	2	1	0
Oct 27	vs.Cincinnati	L 20–⁠26	2	2	1	0	0
Nov 10	atUConn	W 62–⁠50	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Memphis	L 18–⁠28	2	1	0	0	0
Nov 24	atTulsa	L 24–⁠27	4	2	0.5	0.5	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2022
Height	5′11″
Weight	208 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	9¼″
40-yard dash	4.57 s
10-yard split	1.56 s
Vertical jump	38½″
Broad jump	11′0″
Bench press	18 reps
3-cone drill	7.03 s
20-yard shuttle	4.10 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 12 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2023	Indianapolis Colts	10	9
2024	Indianapolis Colts	2	1
NFL career		12	10

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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