2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Matt Herron
A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Stanford — Week 5, 2026.
15 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Wins the gap play after play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes 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.
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 | Wake Forest | 15 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 15 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle, 1 hurry.
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 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 38-36@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs No. 5 Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ No. 16 Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 57-3vs Stanford | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ NC State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-7@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-7vs Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2026
W 57-3
vs Stanford
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 54-point win at home against Stanford.
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
13%2 TFLSack rate
7%1 sackHurry rate
13%2 hurries15 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 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
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #240 at the position.
The No. 2,723 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a senior.
2026 is in progress.
