NC State · W 38-14
No tackles.
Virginia · W 51-7
No tackles.
Turpin has tackles in 6 of Wake Forest’s 8 games: none against NC State and Virginia.
Myles Turpin
The three seasons at Wake Forest span two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Jake Dickert. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against California — Week 7, 2026.
25 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 25 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 24 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 51 | 26 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-16vs Akron | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-36@ Purdue | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs No. 5 Miami | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ No. 16 Louisville | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 57-3vs Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-7@ California | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 25 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
10 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 passes broken up, tied for 10th-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 7 · 2026
W 41-7
at California
1.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Dominant 34-point win on the road against California.
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
PD rate
8%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL25 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
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
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #337 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #69 of 75 ACC DBs
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%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
