Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-45vs Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#57
Kole Briehler
Freshman defensive tackle on Stanford's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 280 lb · Pennington, NJ · The Hun School of Princeton
Returning to Stanford for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 2 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Miami
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive tackle on Stanford's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Stanford in 2025.
Kole Briehler
Kole Briehler has been at Stanford through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Miami — Week 1, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Stanford3-star out of Hun School
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Stanford
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Frank Reich
Stanford
2026era →
Tavita Pritchard
Stanford
Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Reich → Tavita Pritchard. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced
2026Stanford1-1HC: Tavita Pritchard · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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, 0.5 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
Tavita Pritchard
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
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Stanford
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Stanford
Returning around him
- 2 Stanford players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (6 in / 12 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Stanford · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #50 · 2026 recruiting class #37
The defensive line · Stanford
- #45Omar Staples2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #97Zach Rowell0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #75Braden Marceau-Olayinka0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #42Jacobi Murray0 tackles for loss · 2025
- #57Kole Briehler0 tackles for loss · 2025
7 more on the roster · Stanford team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology