2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Zach Rowell
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches at Stanford: Troy Taylor, Frank Reich and Tavita Pritchard. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Hawai'i — Week 1, 2026.
18 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, in the 9 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 9): 3 tackles.
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 37-27vs Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-45vs No. 7 Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35@ Duke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-57@ Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-58@ No. 3 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Elon | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-52@ Louisville | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2026
W 34-7
vs Elon
1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles · 1 hurry
Dominant 27-point win at home against Elon.
Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +25 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
11%2 hurries18 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Pass share
54.7%
320 pass / 265 run
Plays / game
65.0
9 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
358 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #102 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #42 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.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, Frank Reich, and Tavita Pritchard. Multi-era developmental context.
