2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Preston Carr
Played for two head coaches in three seasons at East Carolina. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against North Carolina Central — Week 4, 2026.
13 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
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 | East Carolina | 13 | 4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2025 | East Carolina | 31 | 14 | 5.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2024 | East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 46 | 19 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-48@ No. 13 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-27vs App State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-9vs North Carolina Central | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 28-12vs Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-30@ UAB | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 34-41@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-9vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Oct. 31 · W 17-9 vs Temple, play by play
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 2 for him; the box score credits 1.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 4 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 7 games with play by play.
How East Carolina’s defense played that day
Temple’s 9 drives: 6 stopped (3 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 6.
2 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 3-yard loss on 3rd and 1. Fourth quarter, up 27-20.
2 tackles, including 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
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 3rd and 10. Second quarter, up 14-3.
1 tackle.
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.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss. Second quarter, up 28-3.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +21 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
35%4 TFLSack rate
19%2 sacksHurry rate
8%1 hurry13 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Harrell
Pass share
45.5%
245 pass / 294 run
Plays / game
67.4
8 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
277 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
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #22 of 53 American Athletic 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%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Houston → Blake Harrell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
