Simon Sandberg: DL · Oregon State · #96.
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Simon Sandberg
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Oregon State defensive front. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Colorado, Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-32@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 68-28vs Montana State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17vs No. 7 USC | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-42@ No. 12 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-27@ Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-10vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-9vs Colorado | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs California | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-34vs No. 10 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
25%4 hurries16 tackles · 2 for loss.
4 seasons under Jonathan Smith — 24-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 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
Head Coach
Jonathan Smith
Pass share
39.2%
323 pass / 502 run
Plays / game
63.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
344 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #338 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon State, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
From Karlstad, Sweden — one of 8 players from Sweden in FBS this season.
