2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Carson Tujague
Wins the gap play after play. Came to Utah State by way of BYU. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Troy, Week 4, 2026.
31 tackles · 2 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
31 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Utah State | 31 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 2025 | Utah State | 71 | 19 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 102 | 27 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 6 |
Last game (Wk 9): 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 5 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 | L 17-29vs Idaho State | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 14-16@ No. 19 Washington | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-33@ No. 17 Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-10vs Troy | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-37@ No. 22 Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-16vs Washington State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ Texas State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-14vs Colorado State | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 5 |
Oct. 31 · W 31-14 vs Colorado State, play by play
5 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 7-yard loss. Second quarter, up 17-0.
His game this year: coverage — 5 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Utah State’s defense played that day
Colorado State’s 8 drives: 6 stopped (2 takeaways) · 2 scored.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 5th-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 7 for him; the box score credits 6.
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles, including 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 2-yard loss. Third quarter, up 17-16.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
13%4 hurries31 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall, all balanced offenses — 9-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
49.5%
260 pass / 265 run
Plays / game
65.6
8 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
286 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
31 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #5 of 13 Mountain West DTs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Kalani Sitake and Bronco Mendenhall.
