2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Caleb Sandstrom
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Transferred to App State from St. Thomas. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Old Dominion — Week 6, 2026.
20 tackles · 5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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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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 55-3vs Maine | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-24@ East Carolina | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 26-21vs Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-41@ NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-10vs Old Dominion | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 35-32@ Coastal Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-31vs James Madison | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-19@ Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 6.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · L 3-19 at Georgia Southern, play by play
1 tackle.
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 — 6 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How App State’s defense played that day
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 1 sack, 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss on 3rd and 5. Second quarter, tied 0-0.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 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 1-yard loss on 3rd and 4. Second quarter, up 3-0.
3 tackles, including 2 sacks, tied for 4th-most sacks in FBS that week. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 2 of his 3, sacks included.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 27-17.
2 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
Sacked the quarterback for a 4-yard loss. Second quarter, up 24-0.
Week 2 · 2026
W 27-24
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
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 +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
30%6 TFLSack rate
25%5 sacksHurry rate
25%5 hurries20 tackles · 6 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under Dowell Loggains — 10-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Pass share
51.1%
280 pass / 268 run
Plays / game
68.5
8 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
296 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
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #26 of 48 Sun Belt 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.
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