2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Zach Lohavichan
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons at Wake Forest span two head coaches: Dave Clawson and Jake Dickert. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Miami — Week 3, 2026.
27 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wake Forest | 27 | 8 | 7.5 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 25 | 11 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Wake Forest | 12 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 66 | 27 | 15.5 | 4.0 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
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 38-16vs Akron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-36@ Purdue | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs No. 5 Miami | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ No. 16 Louisville | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 57-3vs Stanford | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ NC State | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 7 | W 41-7@ California | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-7vs Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 8 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · W 51-7 vs Virginia, play by play
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Wake Forest’s defense played that day
Virginia’s 9 drives: 8 stopped (1 takeaway) · 1 scored.
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
A big game: 4 tackles, including 2 more for loss, 1 sack, tied for 4th-most tackles for loss in FBS that week. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss. Fourth quarter, up 38-14.
2 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss. Second quarter, up 22-3.
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 11-yard loss on 3rd and 11. Fourth quarter, up 30-27.
8 tackles.
4 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Week 4 · 2026
W 30-27
at Louisville
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%8 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
15%4 hurries27 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
45.3%
237 pass / 286 run
Plays / game
65.4
8 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
27 tackles in 8 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #33 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
