Owen Pewee
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fifth year in the UTSA linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against South Florida — Week 6, 2026.
37 tackles · 4 sacks
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
UTSA Athletics Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Last game (Wk 8): 5 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-16vs UT Rio Grande Valley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-30@ No. 1 Texas | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-45vs Colorado State | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 16-14@ Rice | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs South Florida | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-34vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-19@ Tulane | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 | 3 sacks |
| Total | 37 | 22 | 7.0 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 24 · W 42-19 at Tulane, play by play
5 tackles, including 3 sacks, 1 pass broken up, the most sacks in FBS that week. The pressure he forced on 4th and 13 ended Tulane’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 10-yard loss on 3rd and 10. Third quarter, up 28-13.
Hurried the quarterback on 4th and 13. Fourth quarter, up 42-19. Ended Tulane’s drive (downs).
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, 4 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How UTSA’s defense played that day
Tulane’s 12 drives: 9 stopped (5 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 5. His hurry came with UTSA up 8.
1 tackle, including 1 more for loss. The pressure he forced on 4th and 16 ended Navy’s drive (downs).
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Hurried the quarterback on 4th and 16. Fourth quarter, up 38-34. Ended Navy’s drive (downs).
8 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.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 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.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 59-45.
6 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.
2 tackles.
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.
Week 8 · 2026
W 42-19
at Tulane
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 23-point win on the road against Tulane.
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 -14 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%7 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups37 tackles · 7 for loss · 4 sacks.
5 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 41-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
46.7%
247 pass / 282 run
Plays / game
66.1
8 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
271 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #50 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #49 of 61 American Athletic LBs
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.
A stat line in 47 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Traylor.
