James Madison · W 24-21
1 tackle
The other 7 games average 2 tackles. This one was 1 below.
Luke Hodge
Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at Troy since. The first career honor came in 2025: Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 4 tackles against UL Monroe, Week 8, 2026.
16 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
NJ.com Oct 22His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 8 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle, 1 pass breakup.
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 24-21vs Sam Houston | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Alabama State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-27@ No. 20 Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-21@ Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-34vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-33@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-21vs UL Monroe | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21@ James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%1 pass breakups16 tackles · 2 for loss.
3 seasons under Gerad Parker — 16-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gerad Parker
Pass share
41.1%
230 pass / 329 run
Plays / game
69.9
8 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
265 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #497 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #49 of 63 Sun Belt LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,711 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Sun Belt.
2026 is in progress.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jon Sumrall → Gerad Parker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
