Wake Forest · L 3-57
No tackles.
Notre Dame · L 7-58
No tackles.
Elon · W 34-7 · FCS
No tackles.
NC State · W 31-28
No tackles.
Louisville · L 24-52
No tackles.
Rose has tackles in 4 of Stanford’s 9 games: none in the other 5.
Matt Rose
Played for three head coaches at Stanford: Troy Taylor, Frank Reich and Tavita Pritchard. First career honor, 2025: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Miami — Week 1, 2026.
38 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Fans first named Matt Rose at Duke.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-27vs Hawai'i | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-45vs No. 7 Miami | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35@ Duke | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Georgia Tech | 11 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 38 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
11 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. It places 12 for him; the box score credits 11.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
A big game: 12 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 11 of his 12, sacks included.
9 tackles, including 1 more for loss. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups38 tackles · 4 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 9.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Pass share
54.7%
320 pass / 265 run
Plays / game
65.0
9 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
358 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #75 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #10 of 74 ACC LBs
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. 1,447 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the ACC.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 34 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, Frank Reich, and Tavita Pritchard. Multi-era developmental context.
