#96

Simon Sandberg

Senior defensive lineman on Oregon State's 2022 roster.

DL · Oregon State · Sr. · #96

6′3″ · 295 lb · Karlstad

CFB Index 22 · #338 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceOregon State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 190 nationally · Joined Oregon State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Oregon State's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oregon State, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20197 games

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of City College of San Francisco

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#190 national

CFB

College

Oregon State

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Jonathan Smith

Oregon State

Played his entire career under Jonathan Smith.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 24-21 over that span.

2019Oregon State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

2020Oregon State2-5HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

2021Oregon State7-6HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

2022Oregon State10-3HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

22Below cohort / limited sample #338 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (90th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles#2135 / 2755 · 21st pct

Solo tackles#2515 / 2755 · 7th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.3
Road3g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.3	0.1	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

JaMarcus Shephard

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

22 · #338 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #338 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Oregon State	16	5	2.0	0.0	2	--	--
2021	Oregon State	18	9	3.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Oregon State	5	1	1.0	0.0	3	--	--
2019	Oregon State	11	7	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		50	22	8.0	1.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 38–34

vs Oregon

2 TOT · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Oregon at home in a shootout.

With S. Bolden — 14 rush yds (1 car) · D. Martinez — 103 rush yds (15 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-17vs Boise State	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 35-32@ Fresno State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 68-28vs Montana State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 14-17vs USC	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 16-42@ Utah	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 28-27@ Stanford	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-10vs Washington State	1	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 42-9vs Colorado	3	0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 11	W 38-10vs California	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-34vs Oregon	2	0	0.0	—	0
Total		16	5	2.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Simon Sandberg

20197 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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