2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
5 stories in the last 30 days, from 6 outlets.
Scouting Report: Tyrique Tucker, DT, Indiana
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Tyrique Tucker
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2025: All-Big Ten. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ohio State, Week 7, 2026.
31 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
from 6 outlets
Scouting Report: Tyrique Tucker, DT, Indiana
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Watch: IU football’s Carter Smith, Isaiah Jones and Tyrique Tucker fall camp Q&As
247Sports +4 Aug 19 · 5 outlets
247Sports +1Indiana Week 1 Q&A: Isaiah Jones, Carter Smith, Tyrique Tucker preview North TexasSep 1
The Crimson Quarry +1Indiana’s Tyrique Tucker speaks ahead of Michigan weekOct 21All Access Football
The Daily Hoosier
Indiana University Athletics +1247Sports +4Each week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories we tracked, by school.
Indiana14 stories2024 to nowMost about: in his words, draft stock, camp and practice.
247Sports +4Watch: IU football’s Carter Smith, Isaiah Jones and Tyrique Tucker fall camp Q&AsAug 19Indiana University Athletics +1Video: Carter Smith, Isaiah Jones and Tyrique Tucker preview IU football’s season openerSep 1247Sports +1Indiana Week 1 Q&A: Isaiah Jones, Carter Smith, Tyrique Tucker preview North TexasSep 1The Crimson Quarry +1Indiana’s Tyrique Tucker speaks ahead of Michigan weekOct 21
James Madison2022 to 2023not trackedStories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named Tyrique Tucker vs North Texas.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 9 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Indiana | 31 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2025 | Indiana | 38 | 17 | 11.5 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Indiana | 24 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | James Madison | 30 | 7 | 4.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| Career | 123 | 46 | 24.0 | 11.0 | 3 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 tackles for loss, 5 tackles, 1 hurry.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-16vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-0vs Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-23vs Northwestern | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-15@ Rutgers | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-17@ Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 15-19vs No. 4 Ohio State | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 13-6@ Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-16vs Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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 -12 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
16%5 hurries31 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Pass share
42.5%
231 pass / 312 run
Plays / game
60.3
9 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
259 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #3 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
2026 is in progress.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed for 1 head coach at 2 schools: Curt Cignetti.
