2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
“Bryce Hawthorne is that dude”
7 stories in the last 30 days, from 6 outlets.
Bryce Hawthorne | Iowa Football | Oct. 24 - The Quad-City Times
The Quad-City Times Oct 24
Bryce Hawthorne
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Came to Iowa by way of South Dakota State. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Minnesota — Week 8, 2026.
28 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
from 6 outlets
Bryce Hawthorne | Iowa Football | Oct. 24 - The Quad-City Times
The Quad-City Times Oct 24 · 1 outlet
from 6 outlets
Bryce Hawthorne | Iowa Football | Oct. 24 - The Quad-City Times
The Quad-City Times Oct 24 · 1 outlet
Each week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named Bryce Hawthorne vs Northern Iowa.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
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 40-0vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-13vs Iowa State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-0vs Northern Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-19@ No. 18 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-31vs No. 5 Ohio State | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24@ Washington | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-13@ Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 30-0vs No. 25 Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 14 | 7.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
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 -25 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
25%7 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry28 tackles · 7 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 15-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
48.0%
240 pass / 260 run
Plays / game
62.5
8 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
258 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
28 tackles in 8 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #55 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
