Rex Van Wyhe
Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Kansas State. On tape: 5 tackles against Arizona State, Week 8, 2026.
26 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 4 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kansas State | 26 | 14 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Kansas State | 29 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 31 | 14 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 91 | 47 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 3 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 71-3vs Nicholls | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-7vs Washington State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-20vs Tulane | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 26-31@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-35vs No. 22 Houston | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-24vs Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-28@ Arizona State | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27@ Colorado | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 14 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +13 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
4%1 pass breakups26 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Pass share
47.0%
263 pass / 296 run
Plays / game
69.9
8 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
287 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #326 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #69 of 73 Big 12 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 34 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chris Klieman → Collin Klein. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
