2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
As of
Lubin's first ACC season after transferring from Coastal Carolina was a pressure clinic: 61 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and five pass breakups, plus 64 quarterback pressures that ranked fifth in FBS and were the most by a Cardinal in ten years. He earned All-ACC honors and chose to return rather than declare.
The forward stakes are conversion: the pressure volume says he's constantly in the backfield, so 2026 is about turning more of those hurries into sacks — and a bigger sack number into a higher draft slot. He's a relentless, high-motor rusher who simply doesn't stop coming. In Louisville's 31-28 loss at NC State, Lubin had eight tackles and a sack.
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Play style
Lubin is a high-motor, high-volume pressure rusher — the defining trait is relentlessness. The 64 pressures (fifth in FBS) tell the story: he wins reps over and over across a game, wearing tackles down even when the sack doesn't show up on the box score. He converts that into real production (8.5 sacks, 13.5 TFL) and adds a finishing element with three forced fumbles and five batted passes — a rusher who affects the play even when he doesn't get home. At 6-3, 260 he's a motor-and-effort edge more than a freaky athlete, the kind whose pressure volume usually outpaces his sack total — which is exactly the gap 2026 is about closing.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Fans first named Clev Lubin at Ole Miss.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Louisville | 39 | 15 | 5.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2025 | Louisville | 59 | 35 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 3 |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 43 | 23 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 3 |
| Career | 141 | 73 | 29.5 | 22.0 | 6 |
Last game (Wk 9): 5 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 38-41vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-13vs Villanova | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31vs No. 16 SMU | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-30vs Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ NC State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 44-20vs Florida State | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-26@ Syracuse | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-24vs Stanford | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 15 | 5.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · W 52-24 vs Stanford, play by play
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 6 for him; the box score credits 5.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, 4 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Louisville’s defense played that day
Stanford’s 13 drives: 9 stopped (2 takeaways) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 9.
8 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.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss on 3rd and 15. Fourth quarter, up 34-26.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 5 for him; the box score credits 4.
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 35-14.
8 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 9-yard loss. Third quarter, down 13-7.
4 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 7-yard loss on 3rd and 9. Third quarter, down 24-21.
5 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 6 for him; the box score credits 5.
Sacked the quarterback for a 5-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 41-31.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 1 of his 2, sacks included.
3 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 2 of his 3, sacks included.
Forced a fumble on 4th and 2. First quarter, up 3-0.
Week 3 · 2026
W 41-31
vs SMU
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out SMU at home in a shootout.
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 -11 to +15 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%6 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
13%5 hurries39 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
43.9%
215 pass / 275 run
Plays / game
61.2
8 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
241 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #3 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
The No. 2,613 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC.
2026 is in progress.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Jeff Monken, Tim Beck and Jeff Brohm.
