2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Scoop Gardner Jr.
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. On tape: 2 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Bowling Green, Week 9, 2026.
30 tackles · 4.5 sacks
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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 — 6 tackles for loss, 4 of them sacks, in the 9 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Michigan | 30 | 13 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Career | 30 | 13 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 tackles for loss, 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-13@ No. 16 Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs Monmouth | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-21@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-32vs Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Buffalo | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 38-7vs Kent State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-14@ Central Michigan | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 38-45@ Toledo | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-10vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 6.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2026
W 21-14
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
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 -21 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
15%4 sacksTFL rate
22%6 TFLHurry rate
23%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
39%4 of 12 pressures30 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.7%
202 pass / 397 run
Plays / game
66.6
9 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
231 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
30 tackles in 9 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 is in progress.
