2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Donta Simpson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mario Cristobal and Eli Drinkwitz. One game to point at: 2 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 7, 2026.
11 tackles · 5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 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.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 1 tackle.
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 54-14vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-21@ Kansas | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 27-17vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31@ No. 24 Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-17vs No. 8 Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-6vs Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-31@ No. 9 Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-10@ Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · W 34-10 at Arkansas, play by play
1 tackle, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss. Third quarter, up 27-7.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Missouri’s defense played that day
Arkansas’s 10 drives: 8 stopped (4 takeaways) · 2 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 3.
2 tackles. 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 twice.
1 tackle, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss on 3rd and 14. Third quarter, up 27-10.
0 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
2 tackles. 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.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 38-21.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 6 · 2026
W 27-6
vs Texas A&M
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Texas A&M.
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 -10 to +15 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
50%6 TFLSack rate
45%5 sacksHurry rate
64%7 hurries11 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
47.4%
255 pass / 283 run
Plays / game
67.2
8 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #8 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mario Cristobal and Eli Drinkwitz.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Missouri
