2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Deijon Laffitte
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at Fresno State: Tim Skipper and Matt Entz. The first career honor came in 2025: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 4 tackles against USC — Week 1, 2026.
17 tackles · 2 sacks
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fresno State | 17 | 9 | 6.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Fresno State | 27 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | Fresno State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 45 | 24 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 3 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 0-39@ No. 14 USC | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 49-3vs Sacramento State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 26-10@ San José State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-24vs Rice | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-6@ Washington State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-38vs No. 23 Boise State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-26@ San Diego State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-22vs Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · W 38-22 vs Oregon State, play by play
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 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.
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss on 3rd and 25. Third quarter, up 38-16.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 6 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Fresno State’s defense played that day
Oregon State’s 12 drives: 7 stopped (2 takeaways) · 5 scored. While the game was within a score they held 1 of 4. His hurry came with Fresno State up 8.
0 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
2 tackles, including 1 more for loss. 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, 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.
Sacked the quarterback for a 5-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 26-6.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles. The fumble he forced ended USC’s drive (fumble).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 3 of his 4, sacks included.
Forced a fumble. Third quarter, down 32-0. Ended USC’s drive (fumble).
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 -29 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
35%6 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
24%4 hurries17 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Entz
Pass share
46.2%
217 pass / 253 run
Plays / game
58.8
8 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
239 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 for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #1 of 35 Mountain West DLs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
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%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
2026 is in progress.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lincoln Riley, Tim Skipper and Matt Entz.
