2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Armel Mukam
Armel Mukam arrives at Notre Dame with a new fit to prove and an old chapter closed.
Notre Dame fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04
Play style
Wins the gap play after play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
Fans first named Armel Mukam vs Wisconsin.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Notre Dame | 15 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 26 | 19 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
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 | W 41-13vs Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-0vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-10vs Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-26@ North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 58-7vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-28@ No. 8 BYU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-13vs Navy | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 15 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2026
W 49-10
at Purdue
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 39-point win on the road against Purdue.
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 -14 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%3 TFLSack rate
7%1 sackHurry rate
7%1 hurry15 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 41-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
46.7%
247 pass / 282 run
Plays / game
66.1
8 games
Team sack rate
0.8%
259 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Marcus Freeman.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
From Laprairie, PQ — one of 83 players from Canada in FBS this season.
