Quinton Hammonds
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Eric Morris and Drew Svoboda. First career honor, 2025: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 12 tackles against West Virginia — Week 4, 2026.
55 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
55 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oklahoma State | 55 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | North Texas | 54 | 26 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | North Texas | 52 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 161 | 88 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 3 |
Last game (Wk 9): 6 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-24@ Tulsa | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 39-31vs No. 6 Oregon | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-0vs Murray State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-24@ West Virginia | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 42-28vs UCF | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 32-35@ No. 20 Houston | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 57-24vs Colorado | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 49-51@ Iowa State | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · L 49-51 at Iowa State, play by play
6 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.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Oklahoma State’s defense played that day
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 6 of his 7, sacks included.
11 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. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 4th-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.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Week 6 · 2026
W 42-28
vs UCF
0.5 tackles for loss · 11 tackles · 7 solo tackles
Edged out UCF at home in a shootout.
Ratings of the games shown run from -4 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
55tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL55 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eric Morris
Pass share
50.9%
289 pass / 279 run
Plays / game
71.0
8 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
55 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 30 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Eric Morris.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Oklahoma State
