2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Mi'Quise Grace
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Kentucky: Mark Stoops and Will Stein. First career honor, 2024: All-America (NCAA). On tape: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Vanderbilt, Week 8, 2026.
27 tackles · 5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 7.5 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.
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Last game (Wk 8): 1 sack, 2 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 45-13vs Youngstown State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-45vs No. 12 Alabama | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Watch the play |
| Wk 3 | W 31-21@ No. 9 Texas A&M | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-21vs South Alabama | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-34@ South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-34vs No. 10 LSU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-13@ Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-17vs Vanderbilt | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 27 | 16 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 |
Oct. 24 · W 34-17 vs Vanderbilt, play by play
5 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Kentucky’s defense played that day
Vanderbilt’s 8 drives: 5 stopped (2 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 5.
4 tackles, including 1 sack, 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback 3 times.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 5-yard loss on 3rd and 13. Fourth quarter, up 14-13.
4 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.
0 tackles. He hurried the quarterback twice.
4 tackles, including 1 sack, 1 pass broken up. His sack on 4th and 4 ended South Alabama’s drive (downs).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss on 4th and 4. Fourth quarter, up 45-21. Ended South Alabama’s drive (downs).
4 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
A defensive touchdown: his interception went 2 yards for the score. 4 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Intercepted on 3rd and 22, returned 2 yards for the score. First quarter, made it 7-0.
2 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
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 +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%8 TFLSack rate
19%5 sacksHurry rate
33%9 hurries27 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Pass share
46.1%
233 pass / 272 run
Plays / game
63.1
8 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
257 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
27 tackles in 8 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #10 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #24 of 60 SEC DLs
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%).
Selector Grid · 2024
2026 is in progress.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
named by 1 selector
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Stoops → Will Stein. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
