Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two seasons in the Wyoming defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Colorado State — Week 1, 2026.
31 tackles · 4.5 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Tackles for loss7.5tied for 6th in the Mountain West this season.
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.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Defensive profile
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
15%4 sacks
TFL rate
24%8 TFL
Hurry rate
10%3 hurries
Pressure-to-sack conversion
60%4 of 8 pressures
31 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Jay Sawvel — 9-11 over that span.
2025Wyoming4-8HC: Jay Sawvel · Balanced
2026Wyoming5-3HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Our ratings
CFB Zeitgeist Score 78 (#53 of 405). Show the ratings
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (97th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Sacks#60 / 2515 · 97th pct
4.5
Tackles for loss#73 / 2515 · 97th pct
7.5
QB hurries#228 / 2515 · 88th pct
3
Tackles#650 / 2515 · 73rd pct
31
Solo tackles#905 / 2515 · 62nd pct
14
Passes defended#852 / 2515 · 53rd pct
1
Forced fumbles#24 / 440 · 47th pct
0
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
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home/Road · Season halves
Home vs Road
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Home4g
2.8
0.9
0.8
0.2
Road4g
5.0
1.0
0.4
0.0
First half vs Second half
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Weeks 1-77g
3.6
0.9
0.5
0.1
Weeks 8+1g
6.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
2026 season
Head Coach
Jay Sawvel
Pass share
38.1%
173 pass / 281 run
Plays / game
56.8
8 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
197 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Impact starter
31 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
78 · #53 of 405 edge rushers
Unranked recruit. Now #53 at the position.
Two seasons at Wyoming
2026 is in progress.
2026 Wyoming Sawvel
Year 2 · 8 games
2025 Wyoming Sawvel
Year 1 · 6 games
Before college
Signed with Wyoming in 2025 as a junior college recruit out of Riverside City College.