Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-49@ Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 29-27vs Jacksonville State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
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Ike Ackerman
Freshman defensive end for Ohio. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′4″ · 249 lb · Omaha, NE · Omaha Central
Returning to Ohio for 2026
How he plays
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.
Sacks: 97th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
2
sacks · 2026
2 TFL · 13 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles, at Nebraska
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive end for Ohio. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2025.
Ike Ackerman
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Ike Ackerman has been at Ohio through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Jacksonville State, Week 2, 2026.
13 TACKLES · 2 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Ohio3-star out of Omaha Central
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Ohio
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Brian Smith
Ohio
2026era →
John Hauser
Ohio
Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Smith → John Hauser. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Ohio9-4HC: Brian Smith · Run-heavy
2026Ohio1-1HC: John Hauser · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 6.5 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 1.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Hauser
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 29–27
9 TOT · 3 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With D. James-Hamilton — 1 SOLO · 1 TD · 3 TOT · M. Vezza — 80 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.9 · 67 rush yds (12 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ohio
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Ohio
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +3 net (19 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #129 · 2026 recruiting class #107
DNA match
Player DNA
Versatile End
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
EDGE
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Marco Jones’s 2025 season.
Matches Marco on
TFL rate
Weight
Class year
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Armondo Blount's sophomore season at Miami (2025).
82%match
Matches Armondo on
Height
TFL rate
Sack rate
Differs from Armondo on
Class year (lower)
Background
2025: Appeared in four games…Tallied five total tackles, two for a loss, and one sack in the Scooters Coffee Frisco Bowl against UNLV (Dec. 23). High School: Ackerman, a defensive end, comes to Ohio from Omaha, Neb., where he played football at Omaha Central for head coach Abdul Muhammad…A three-...
The defensive line · Ohio
- #10Pius Odjugo2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- Nehemiah Dukes2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #11Evan Herrmann2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #98Derek Reagans2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #14Ike Ackerman2 tackles for loss · 2025
17 more on the roster · Ohio team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology