2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Langston Hardy
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against NC State — Week 6, 2026.
42 tackles · 5.5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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 | Wake Forest | 42 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.5 | -- |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 65 | 25 | 14.5 | 6.5 | -- |
| 2024 | UConn | 44 | 19 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | UConn | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 155 | 61 | 32.0 | 15.5 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 tackles for loss, 5 tackles, 2 hurries.
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 38-16vs Akron | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-36@ Purdue | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs No. 5 Miami | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ No. 16 Louisville | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 57-3vs Stanford | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ NC State | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-7@ California | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-7vs Virginia | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 15 | 10.5 | 5.5 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · W 51-7 vs Virginia, play by play
5 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 10 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Wake Forest’s defense played that day
Virginia’s 9 drives: 8 stopped (1 takeaway) · 1 scored. His hurry came with Wake Forest up 7.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 5 for him; the box score credits 4.
Sacked the quarterback for a 7-yard loss. Third quarter, up 34-0.
8 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 6-yard loss. Third quarter, up 31-14.
5 tackles. The pressure he forced on 4th and 1 ended Stanford’s drive (int).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Hurried the quarterback on 4th and 1. Third quarter, up 36-3. Ended Stanford’s drive (int).
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss on 3rd and 7. Second quarter, down 21-7.
7 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 20-13.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 6 · 2026
W 38-14
at NC State
1.5 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Dominant 24-point win on the road against NC State.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
25%10 TFLSack rate
13%6 sacksHurry rate
14%6 hurries42 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
45.3%
237 pass / 286 run
Plays / game
65.4
8 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
42 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #25 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #5 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 1,811 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a redshirt senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lou Spanos, Jim Mora and Jake Dickert.
