2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Josue Cordoba
Wins the gap play after play. Two seasons in the Kent State defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Akron — Week 8, 2026.
31 tackles · 2 sacks
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kent State | 31 | 15 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | Kent State | 15 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 46 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 tackles for loss, 6 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 36-15vs Wofford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-59@ No. 6 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-13vs Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-13vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-38@ Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 2-29@ South Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-20vs Akron | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 10-31@ Sacramento State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 15 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%3 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries31 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Mark Carney — 8-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Pass share
48.2%
271 pass / 291 run
Plays / game
62.4
9 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
310 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
31 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #27 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #40 of 43 Mid-American 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%).
The No. 2,469 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American as a redshirt sophomore.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kenni Burns → Mark Carney. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
