Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Iowa
Karson Sharar
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Iowa Falls, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Karson Sharar shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Karson Sharar built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Iowa Falls, IA wearing No. 43, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Karson Sharar's career was his defensive production: 104...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 183
- NFL Team
- Arizona Cardinals
Karson Sharar, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Iowa. Karson Sharar shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.5 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Karson Sharar quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · LB
- Career Tackles
- 104
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Iowa
- Top game
- Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Carver · 40 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 6 · Pick 2 · Arizona Cardinals
- Latest roster
- No. 43 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 83 tackles · LB 94th (top 8%) · Big Ten 20th (top 3%) · National 126th (top 3%)
Karson Sharar played LB for Iowa. Across 4 tracked seasons, Karson Sharar recorded 104 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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