Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 63-7vs Grambling | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#90
Kelten Mickell
Senior defensive tackle on TCU's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 295 lb · Ellisville, MS · Petal High School
Returning to TCU for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
2 TFL · 2 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Grambling
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle on TCU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2025.
Kelten Mickell
Second year in the TCU defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 2 tackles, 2 TFL against Grambling — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with TCU3-star out of Jones College
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
TCU
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 10-5 over that span.
2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced
2026TCU1-1HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th 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 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 2.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 63–7
vs Grambling
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
TCU
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · TCU
Returning around him
- 3 TCU players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #47
Background
AT TCU 2025 | JUNIOR (4/0) Saw action in four games during his first season as a Horned Frog. PRIOR TO TCU The nation's No. 4 overall player in the 247Sports Composite JUCO ... rated the No. 4 defensive lineman and No. 3 recruit in Mississippi ... totaled 32 stops with 4.0 for loss, a sack and fo...
The defensive line · TCU
- #97Paul Oyewale7.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #92Ansel Din-Mbuh6.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #16Koron Hayward3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- Zachary Chapman3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #90Kelten Mickell0 tackles for loss · 2025
16 more on the roster · TCU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology