2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Dylan Labarbera
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the same defensive front at Nevada. The first one came in 2025: All-Mountain West. On tape: 18 tackles against Air Force, Week 4, 2026.
60 tackles · 3.5 sacks
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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): 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 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 49-14vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-20vs Montana State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-27@ Middle Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-36vs Air Force | 18 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 18 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 30-13@ UTEP | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-31@ North Dakota State | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-13vs San José State | 6 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | L 0-27@ No. 7 UCLA | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 60 | 33 | 6.5 | 3.5 | — | 3 |
Oct. 31 · L 0-27 at UCLA, play by play
4 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 7th-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
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 4-yard loss. Third quarter, down 17-0.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 6 tackles for loss, 3 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Nevada’s defense played that day
UCLA’s 10 drives: 6 stopped · 4 scored.
A big game: 6 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 sacks, tied for 5th-most sacks in FBS that week. 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 4-yard loss on 3rd and 5. Second quarter, up 7-0.
7 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.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss. He hurried the quarterback twice.
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 4-yard loss on 3rd and 24. Fourth quarter, up 23-7.
18 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 19 for him; the box score credits 18.
6 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 7 for him; the box score credits 6.
9 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 10 for him; the box score credits 9.
6 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 7 for him; the box score credits 6.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss. First quarter, up 7-0.
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 -24 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%4 sacksTFL rate
11%6 TFLHurry rate
12%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
33%4 of 10 pressures60 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Jeff Choate — 9-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 9.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Pass share
43.4%
221 pass / 288 run
Plays / game
63.6
8 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
248 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #3 of 35 Mountain West 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%).
2026 is in progress.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Choate.
