2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Hosea Wheeler
The four seasons span three programs and three head coaches: Tyson Helton, Curt Cignetti and Dave Aranda. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Conference USA again in 2024. On tape: 3 tackles against UCF, Week 9, 2026.
12 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Baylor | 12 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2025 | Indiana | 31 | 13 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 62 | 26 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 40 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 145 | 69 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 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 16-17vs Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-3vs Prairie View A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-19vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-13vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-19@ Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-17vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-9@ UCF | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 12 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -4 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%2 TFLSack rate
8%1 sackHurry rate
8%1 hurry12 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
49.7%
309 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
77.8
8 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #246 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Tyson Helton, Curt Cignetti and Dave Aranda.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Baylor
