2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
C.J. Fite
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Arizona State. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Big 12. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Kansas State, Week 8, 2026.
18 tackles · 2 sacks
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona State | 18 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Arizona State | 29 | 16 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Arizona State | 29 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 91 | 48 | 15.5 | 4.0 | 4 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2 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 70-7vs Morgan State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-48@ No. 10 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-55vs Baylor | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-12vs Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-53@ No. 10 Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-17vs Kansas State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 20-27@ No. 8 BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 31 · L 20-27 at BYU, play by play
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 4 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Arizona State’s defense played that day
BYU’s 11 drives: 6 stopped (2 takeaways) · 5 scored. While the game was within a score they held 4 of 9.
5 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.
2 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.
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss. Second quarter, down 21-13.
1 tackle, including 1 sack.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 24-7.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
25%4 TFLSack rate
11%2 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries18 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Kenny Dillingham — 26-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Pass share
52.1%
285 pass / 262 run
Plays / game
68.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
322 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
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 #149 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot to repeat All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #12 of 35 Big 12 DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,347 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big 12 as a senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 43 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kenny Dillingham.
