Air Force · W 38-32
No tackles.
Steil has tackles in 8 of North Dakota State’s 9 games: none against Air Force.
Will Steil
A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Nevada — Week 7, 2026.
27 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Dakota State | 27 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 27 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs Fordham | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-10@ Sacramento State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-0vs Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-13@ UNLV | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-17vs Nevada | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 16-21@ New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-7vs UTEP | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL27 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Polasek
Pass share
40.7%
236 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
64.4
9 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
266 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #351 at the position.
The No. 2,850 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mountain West.
