2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Chris Klieman and Rhett Lashlee. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Syracuse, Week 9, 2026.
17 tackles · 1.5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 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.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SMU | 17 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2025 | Kansas State | 17 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Career | 34 | 23 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 5 tackles.
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 27-24@ Florida State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-10vs UC Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-41@ No. 23 Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-24vs Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 25-16vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-13vs Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 59-20vs California | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-30@ Syracuse | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Week 1 · 2026
W 27-24
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Ratings of the games shown run from -17 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
18%3 hurries17 tackles · 2 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
49.4%
268 pass / 275 run
Plays / game
67.9
8 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
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 #185 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Klieman and Rhett Lashlee.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to SMU
