John Schobel
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. On tape: 3 tackles against West Virginia, Week 8, 2026.
18 tackles · 2 sacks
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 — 4 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TCU | 18 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Career | 18 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2 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 10-15vs North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Grambling | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7vs Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-21@ UCF | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs No. 10 BYU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-6@ Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs West Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-16vs Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -7 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
22%4 TFLSack rate
11%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups18 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
50.8%
270 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
66.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
302 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 #161 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
