2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Jason Abbey
Played for two head coaches at Virginia Tech: Brent Pry and James Franklin. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against California — Week 6, 2026.
12 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Wins the gap play after play.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 7 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 17 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 37 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.5 |
Last game (Wk 8): 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-3vs VMI | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Old Dominion | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-14@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-35vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-25@ California | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 34-24vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-16@ Clemson | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 8 · 2026
W 20-16
at Clemson
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 4 on the road.
Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
21%2 TFLSack rate
8%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
48.9%
277 pass / 289 run
Plays / game
70.8
8 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
290 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 #331 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #38 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 22 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Brent Pry, Philip Montgomery, and James Franklin. Multi-era developmental context.
