2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
“I'm pleased that, in this life, I'll never be sacked by Big Boy Landino.”
Mario Landino
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Indiana defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Michigan — Week 8, 2026.
20 tackles · 5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 — 6 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 9 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 2 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 | W 52-16vs North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-0vs Howard | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-23vs Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-15@ Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-17@ Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 15-19vs No. 4 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 13-6@ Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 23-16vs Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 13 | 6.0 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
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 -12 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
30%6 TFLSack rate
25%5 sacksHurry rate
20%4 hurries20 tackles · 6 for loss · 5 sacks.
3 seasons under Curt Cignetti — 35-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Pass share
42.5%
231 pass / 312 run
Plays / game
60.3
9 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
259 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
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 #16 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #7 of 69 Big Ten 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. 2,660 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big Ten as a junior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 29 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Curt Cignetti.
