2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Ansel Din-Mbuh
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Jake Dickert, Pete Kaligis and Sonny Dykes. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 3, 2026.
32 tackles · 4 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TCU | 32 | 22 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | TCU | 24 | 14 | 6.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Washington State | 24 | 14 | 7.0 | 6.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 82 | 50 | 19.0 | 12.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 4 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-15vs North Carolina | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Grambling | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7vs Arkansas State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-21@ UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs No. 10 BYU | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-6@ Baylor | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-16vs Kansas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 22 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 31 · W 22-16 vs Kansas, play by play
4 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. His pass breakup on 3rd and 15 ended Kansas’s drive (end).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Broke up a pass on 3rd and 15. Fourth quarter, up 22-16. Ended Kansas’s drive (end).
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, 4 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How TCU’s defense played that day
Kansas’s 12 drives: 8 stopped (2 takeaways) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 9. His pbu came with TCU up 6.
5 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 6 for him; the box score credits 5.
Sacked the quarterback for a 3-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 20-17.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
2 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 10-yard loss on 3rd and 5. Third quarter, up 35-7.
4 tackles, including 2 sacks, tied for 8th-most sacks in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss on 3rd and 3. First quarter, tied 3-3.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -7 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%6 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries32 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
50.8%
270 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
66.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
302 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
32 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #1 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #4 of 22 Big 12 DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 1,889 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big 12.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 29 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jake Dickert and Sonny Dykes.
