2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Linus Zunk
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Clark Lea and Kirby Moore. On tape: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against San Diego State, Week 9, 2026.
38 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
Fans first named Linus Zunk at Washington.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Washington State | 38 | 15 | 7.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 15 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| Career | 76 | 34 | 15.0 | 8.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2.5 tackles for loss, 6 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-24@ No. 17 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-34@ Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-7vs Duquesne | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-34vs Arizona | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 6-26vs Fresno State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-17@ Utah State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-48@ Oregon State | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-31vs No. 21 Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-26@ San Diego State | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 38 | 15 | 7.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · L 20-26 at San Diego State, play by play
6 tackles, including 2 more for loss, tied for 8th-most tackles for loss in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 9 games with play by play.
How Washington State’s defense played that day
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles. 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 7-yard loss on 3rd and 8. Third quarter, up 16-3.
6 tackles.
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 7-yard loss. Second quarter, tied 14-14.
4 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.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
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 -9 to +16 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
7%2 sacksTFL rate
18%7 TFLHurry rate
18%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
26%2 of 10 pressures38 tackles · 7 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirby Moore
Pass share
49.4%
310 pass / 317 run
Plays / game
69.7
9 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
359 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
38 tackles in 9 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #52 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 34 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Clark Lea and Kirby Moore.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Washington State
From Berlin, Germany — one of 32 players from Germany in FBS this season.
