Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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David Stone
David Stone was a five-star for a reason, and his sophomore year showed it -- eight tackles for loss and six batted passes from the interior. He re-signed as the cornerstone of Oklahoma's defensive line. The breakout is becoming a star.
6′3″ · 312 lb · Del City, OK · IMG Academy (Fla.)
CFB Index 60 · #150 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceNational watchReturning to Oklahoma for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
On production he ranks #150 of 420 edge rushers; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 5 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 TFL, 3 tackles, at Michigan
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
David Stone was a five-star for a reason, and his sophomore year showed it -- eight tackles for loss and six batted passes from the interior. He re-signed as the cornerstone of Oklahoma's defensive line. The breakout is becoming a star.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2024.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans warmer than rivals
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
25.3own fans
0rival fans
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In Their Words
105 windows · 2026 fan posts
wein×582.6david×97.1oklahoma×10.4
“OT Jordan Seaton, WR Jeremiah Smith LB Colin Simmons, ED, Texas and CB Leonard Moore definitely All-Americans. — Dylan Stewart, ED, South Carolina Trevor Goosby, OT, Texas David Stone, DT, Oklahoma”
youtube/The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast · fan post, verbatim
The story
Stone's 2025 was the leap Oklahoma recruited him for: 42 tackles, eight tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and six pass breakups, a midseason All-America nod and a 76.4 PFF grade -- disruption from a spot where disruption is hard to come by. At 6-3, 310, the former five-star re-signed for his junior year as the anchor of Brent Venables' front, with the program adding around him. The forward stakes are a first-round interior trajectory: the quickness and the production are established, and 2026 is about turning a breakout into a dominant, every-snap season. He's the kind of interior force a defense's whole front is built around.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Stone is a penetrating, disruptive interior lineman rather than a two-gap space-eater. The tell is in his stat line: six pass breakups and eight tackles for loss are quickness-and-get-off numbers, the marks of a tackle who beats blockers into the backfield and gets his hands into throwing lanes. At 6-3, 310 with five-star athleticism, he wins with first-step explosion and active hands. He's a three-technique-style penetrator who collapses the pocket from the inside -- the hardest pressure for an offense to account for -- and the development is simply turning flashes of dominance into a full season of it.
Written by our staff.
20245 games
- Signed with Oklahoma5-star out of IMG Academy
202513 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
Oklahoma
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
Badges
- Honors Badge
- Top-10 Recruit
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Oklahoma
Played his entire career under Brent Venables.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Brent Venables — 17-11 over that span.
2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning
2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced
2026Oklahoma1-1HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidenceBreakout
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Starter
Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
60 · #150 of 420 edge rushers
Former five-star. Now #150 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #13 of 60 SEC DLs
How the All-SEC estimate is computed
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Selector Grid · 2026
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Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 51–0
vs UTEP
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 51-point win at home against UTEP.
With I. Sategna — 4 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD · J. Mateer — 225 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 7 rush yds (3 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stone is a penetrating, disruptive interior lineman rather than a two-gap space-eater. The tell is in his stat line: six pass breakups and eight tackles for loss are quickness-and-get-off numbers, the marks of a tackle who beats blockers into the backfield and gets his hands into throwing lanes. At 6-3, 310 with five-star athleticism, he wins with first-step explosion and active hands. He's a three-technique-style penetrator who collapses the pocket from the inside -- the hardest pressure for an offense to account for -- and the development is simply turning flashes of dominance into a full season of it.
Our classifier reads him the same way: controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
2026 Outlook
Oklahoma
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Oklahoma
Returning around him
- 7 Oklahoma players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (16 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Oklahoma · Last season: 10-3 (AP #8) · Talent rank #17 · 2026 recruiting class #15
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tahj Sykes’s 2020 season.
83%match
All-Conference USA
Matches Tahj on
Weight
TFL rate
Hurry rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ian Jeffries's sophomore season at Purdue (2025).
78%match
Matches Ian on
Weight
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Ian on
Hurry rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like David Stone
Background
Season GP-GS UT AT TOTAL TFL SACKS INT FF FR PBU QBH 2024 13-0 2 4 6 2.0-14 1.0-10 0 0 0 0 0 2025 13-2 16 26 42 8.0-22 1.5-10 0 0 0 1 4 Career 26-2 18 30 48 10.0-36 2.5-20 0 0 0 1 4 2025 (OKLAHOMA) Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in all 13 games and made two starts at defensive t...
The defensive line · Oklahoma
- #44Taylor Wein15 tackles for loss · 2025
- David Stone8 tackles for loss · 2025
- #94Kenny Ozowalu6 tackles for loss · 2025
- #65Jayden Jackson5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #34Adepoju Adebawore4 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · Oklahoma team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology