“Comella becoming one of our best defensive players has been really surprising, thought he was just gonna be another roster filler Catholic Conference kid”
Boston College fan, r/CFB game thread · at Georgia Tech, Oct 24
Charlie Comella
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons in the Boston College secondary to date. On tape: 7 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against SMU, Week 5, 2026.
32 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boston College | 32 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | Boston College | 17 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 36 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 pass breakup, 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 | L 15-34@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-21vs Rutgers | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 22-16vs Maine | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-21vs Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 16-25@ No. 21 SMU | 7 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 7 | W 27-21vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-27@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 2-47@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 24 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
Oct. 31 · L 2-47 at Duke, play by play
2 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: taking the ball away — 4 interceptions in the 8 games with play by play.
How Boston College’s defense played that day
Duke’s 12 drives: 4 stopped (1 takeaway) · 8 scored. While the game was within a score they held 1 of 3.
A big game: a defensive touchdown: his interception went 47 yards for the score. 5 tackles, tied for the most interceptions in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Intercepted. Third quarter, up 18-13. Ended Georgia Tech’s drive (int).
Intercepted on 3rd and 11, returned 47 yards for the score. Fourth quarter, made it 42-20.
3 tackles, including 1 interception, 1 pass broken up. His interception ended Pittsburgh’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Intercepted. Fourth quarter, up 27-21. Ended Pittsburgh’s drive (int).
A big game: 7 tackles, including 3 more for loss, tied for 5th-most tackles for loss in FBS that week.
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.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 4 for him; the box score credits 3.
2 tackles, including 1 interception. His interception ended Rutgers’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Intercepted. First quarter, up 7-0. Ended Rutgers’s drive (int).
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
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 -5 to +13 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%3 TFL32 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Bill O'Brien — 6-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Pass share
42.3%
212 pass / 289 run
Plays / game
62.6
8 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
253 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #21 at the position.
The No. 1,464 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the ACC as a redshirt sophomore.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bill O'Brien.
