2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Talan Carter
Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2025: All-Conference USA. On tape: 6 tackles against Arkansas, Week 7, 2026.
19 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Wins the gap play after play.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 6 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | 19 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 55 | 28 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 26 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 100 | 48 | 11.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 8): 1 tackle for loss, 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-26vs Delaware | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-31vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-38@ No. 2 Georgia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-52vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-31vs Arkansas | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-34@ No. 12 Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -12 to +27 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
51.0%
253 pass / 243 run
Plays / game
62.0
8 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
281 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
2026 is in progress.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Rich Rodriguez, Charles Kelly and Clark Lea.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Vanderbilt
