Will Leblanc

2025 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 14 games at defensive tackle and nose guard... Was tied for eighth on the team with 32 total tackles and was fifth in assisted tackles (19)... Was also fifth on the team with 5.0 tackles for loss and was tied for first with four quarterback hurries... Also added 1.5 sacks... Had at least one tackle in 11 games and at least three tackles in six games... Also had a season-high five tackles in three games... Had a tackle for loss in back-to-back road games at Adams State (Sept. 6) and at Texas A&M-Kingsville (Sept. 20)... Also had a season-high three solo tackles in the win vs. ASU... Tied for second on the team with five tackles at Western Oregon (Oct. 18)... Had a quarterback hurry in three straight games vs. West Texas A&M (Oct. 25), at Western New Mexico (Nov. 1), and vs. Eastern New Mexico (Nov. 8)... Also had a 23-yard fumble return after a sack fumble by Tyreek Curley to get the ball down to the opponents' 12-yard line and set up UTPB's final score of the first half in the win vs. ENMU... Had five tackles, a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss, and added his first-career sack in the regular-season finale vs. Sul Ross State (Nov. 15)... Teamed up with linebacker McKyle So'oto to deliver an 11-yard sack in the third quarter and added a quarterback hurry in the fourth quarter as No. 10-ranked UTPB earned its first playoff win in program history with a 37-24 victory at No. 4-ranked and No. 3-seeded Colorado State Pueblo (Nov. 22)... Totaled three tackles and stuffed the running back, Quinn Bailey, for no gain on the first play of Western Colorado's overtime possession in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs (Nov. 29)... Named to the Fall 2025 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll. 2024 (First-Year): Appeared in two games (Redshirt year). High School: Recorded 50 tackles, eight tackles for loss, one fumble recovery and two sacks during senior year.