2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
“David stone is insane man”
Oklahoma fan, r/CFB game thread · at Mississippi State, Oct 24
3 stories in the last 30 days, from 2 outlets.
Oklahoma DT David Stone Ready to go vs. Texas After Injury, Bye Week
Sports Illustrated Oct 6
As of
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.
Update (Oct. 28, 2026): Oklahoma lost 21-13 to Kentucky as a 7-point favorite on Oct. 17, then beat Mississippi State 23-15 on Oct. 24 and is 4-3. Stone has 30 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks through seven games, with 7 tackles and 1.5 sacks at Mississippi State.
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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.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
from 2 outlets
Oklahoma DT David Stone Ready to go vs. Texas After Injury, Bye Week
Sports Illustrated Oct 6 · 1 outlet
from 19 outlets
Sports Illustrated +1Why Jayden Jackson, David Stone's Built-in Chemistry can Elevate Oklahoma's D-LineAug 12Sports IllustratedOklahoma's David Stone is Embracing a Massive Leadership Role in 2026Aug 7
Locked OnOklahoma Sooners’ Defense rises as David Stone and Taylor Wein Dominate the Rankings?Aug 28Sports IllustratedHow David Stone’s New ‘Perspective’ has Allowed him to Lead Oklahoma’s D-lineAug 31
On3David Stone, Tate Sandell earn preseason AP honors for OUAug 18
Yahoo SportsOklahoma's David Stone and Tate Sandell Named First Team AP All-AmericansAug 19
OU DailyOU's David Stone, Taylor Wein, John Mateer among ESPN's preseason top 100Aug 26Locked OnBrent Venables explains John Mateer's Impact, Calls Out David Stone's potentialAug 5Yahoo SportsOklahoma's Jayden Jackson Had Strong Words To Say About David StoneAug 5
The OklahomanOU football DL David Stone reveals he is one of Sooners' team captains for 2026Aug 8On3David Stone reveals why he needed to speak in front of his OU teammatesSep 29Sports IllustratedWhere Does Oklahoma DT David Stone Stand on the Initial SEC Availability Report?Sep 23Sports Illustrated
The Football BrainiacsSports IllustratedOU DailyYahoo SportsSports Illustrated +1Each week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named David Stone at Michigan.
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Last game (Wk 9): 4 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 51-0vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-6vs New Mexico | 8 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-41@ No. 2 Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24vs No. 1 Texas | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-21vs No. 15 Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-15@ Mississippi State | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-42vs South Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · L 25-42 vs South Carolina, play by play
4 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 7 games with play by play.
How Oklahoma’s defense played that day
South Carolina’s 12 drives: 6 stopped (3 takeaways) · 6 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 6.
7 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 5-yard loss on 3rd and 5. First quarter, up 3-0.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
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.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles, including 2 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 9 for him; the box score credits 8.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss on 3rd and 15. Second quarter, up 7-3.
3 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 +6 to +27 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries34 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under Brent Venables — 20-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
48.6%
250 pass / 264 run
Plays / game
64.2
8 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
293 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
34 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #24 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #13 of 60 SEC 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%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brent Venables.
