2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
“for sure, just a rare down year it seems. lots of young guys outside of holtzclaw”
Lance Holtzclaw
Played for four head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Houston — Week 8, 2026.
20 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Utah | 20 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Utah | 26 | 17 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 3 |
| 2024 | Washington | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 59 | 33 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 5 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle, 1 hurry.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Idaho | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 43-10vs Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-0vs Utah State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-17@ Iowa State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-13vs No. 14 Houston | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 49-25@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · W 49-25 at Cincinnati, play by play
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Utah’s defense played that day
Cincinnati’s 11 drives: 7 stopped (2 takeaways) · 4 scored. His hurry came with Utah up 7.
5 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 4 for him; the box score credits 3.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 2 of his 3, sacks included.
Ratings of the games shown run from -9 to +13 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
5%1 TFL20 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Morgan Scalley
Pass share
45.0%
247 pass / 302 run
Plays / game
68.6
8 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
272 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
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 #263 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #14 of 22 Big 12 DEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 28 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Kalen DeBoer, Jedd Fisch, Kyle Whittingham and Morgan Scalley.
