Sophomore defensive back on UNLV's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Lewisville, TX
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 592 nationally · Signed with Arizona State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on UNLV's 2026 roster.
Tony-Louis Nkuba
Tony-Louis Nkuba has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Hawai'i, Week 1, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Barry Odom → Dan Mullen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.6%
87 pass / 122 run
Plays / game
69.7
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UNLV | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Arizona State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 21–6
at Hawai'i
4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD
With M. Choules — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 64 LONG · J. Arnold — 116 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.5 · 89 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 21-6@ Hawai'i | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 6-44@ North Texas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
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