2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Brayden Knox
Played for two head coaches at North Texas: Drew Svoboda and Neal Brown. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Florida Atlantic — Week 9, 2026.
20 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 7 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Texas | 20 | 9 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | North Texas | 19 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 39 | 24 | 7.5 | 3.5 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 4 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 44-6vs UNLV | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 35-49@ Texas State | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs Houston Christian | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-44@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 50-10vs Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 49-39@ Navy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-41vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 9 | 5.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2026
W 48-41
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Florida Atlantic at home in a shootout.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +2 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%6 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
51.3%
290 pass / 275 run
Plays / game
70.6
8 games
Team sack rate
2.2%
312 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #238 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #45 of 53 American Athletic 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%).
The No. 1,874 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the American Athletic as a sophomore.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Eric Morris → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
