Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-6vs New Mexico | 8 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
David Stone
David Stone was a five-star for a reason, and his sophomore year showed it -- eight tackles for loss and six batted passes from the interior. He re-signed as the cornerstone of Oklahoma's defensive line. The breakout is becoming a star.
6′3″ · 312 lb · Del City, OK · IMG Academy (Fla.)
CFB Index 60 · #150 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceNational watch
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
On production he ranks #150 of 420 edge rushers; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
Tackles for loss: 87th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
0.5
sacks · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 8 tackles, vs New Mexico
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
David Stone was a five-star for a reason, and his sophomore year showed it -- eight tackles for loss and six batted passes from the interior. He re-signed as the cornerstone of Oklahoma's defensive line. The breakout is becoming a star.
- Signed as a 5-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2024.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Buzz vs Tape
Fans warmer than rivals
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
25.3own fans
0rival fans
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In Their Words
150 windows · 2026 fan posts
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“Good to see David Stone make his first play of the season. I thought he was in the portal again”
reddit/CFB · fan post, verbatim
The story
Stone's 2025 was the leap Oklahoma recruited him for: 42 tackles, eight tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and six pass breakups, a midseason All-America nod and a 76.4 PFF grade -- disruption from a spot where disruption is hard to come by. At 6-3, 310, the former five-star re-signed for his junior year as the anchor of Brent Venables' front, with the program adding around him. The forward stakes are a first-round interior trajectory: the quickness and the production are established, and 2026 is about turning a breakout into a dominant, every-snap season. He's the kind of interior force a defense's whole front is built around.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Stone is a penetrating, disruptive interior lineman rather than a two-gap space-eater. The tell is in his stat line: six pass breakups and eight tackles for loss are quickness-and-get-off numbers, the marks of a tackle who beats blockers into the backfield and gets his hands into throwing lanes. At 6-3, 310 with five-star athleticism, he wins with first-step explosion and active hands. He's a three-technique-style penetrator who collapses the pocket from the inside -- the hardest pressure for an offense to account for -- and the development is simply turning flashes of dominance into a full season of it.
Written by our staff.
20245 games
- Signed with Oklahoma5-star out of IMG Academy
202513 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
20263 games
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★★
CFB
College
Oklahoma
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
Badges
- Honors Badge
- Top-10 Recruit
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Oklahoma
Played his entire career under Brent Venables.
Career stats
Game log
Game by game
David Stone's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 14–6
vs New Mexico
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +0.5 sacks, +2 tackles for loss, +8 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Brent Venables — 18-11 over that span.
2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning
2025Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced
2026Oklahoma2-1HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: tackles for loss (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (28th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%2 TFLSack rate
4%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries13 tackles · 2 for loss · 0 sacks.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
44.0%
77 pass / 98 run
Plays / game
58.3
3 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
87 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
National watch / fringe AA
In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #13 of 60 SEC DLs
How the All-SEC estimate is computed
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Selector Grid · 2026
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How he plays
Play style
Stone is a penetrating, disruptive interior lineman rather than a two-gap space-eater. The tell is in his stat line: six pass breakups and eight tackles for loss are quickness-and-get-off numbers, the marks of a tackle who beats blockers into the backfield and gets his hands into throwing lanes. At 6-3, 310 with five-star athleticism, he wins with first-step explosion and active hands. He's a three-technique-style penetrator who collapses the pocket from the inside -- the hardest pressure for an offense to account for -- and the development is simply turning flashes of dominance into a full season of it.
Our classifier reads him the same way: controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
IDL
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Tuivasa Maloata’s 2016 season.
Matches Tuivasa on
Height
Hurry rate
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Alim McNeill's junior season at NC State (2020).
83%match
1st-team All-AmericanNFL Rd 3 · Pk 8
Matches Alim on
Sack rate
TFL rate
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like David Stone
Background
Season GP-GS UT AT TOTAL TFL SACKS INT FF FR PBU QBH 2024 13-0 2 4 6 2.0-14 1.0-10 0 0 0 0 0 2025 13-2 16 26 42 8.0-22 1.5-10 0 0 0 1 4 Career 26-2 18 30 48 10.0-36 2.5-20 0 0 0 1 4 2025 (OKLAHOMA) Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... played in all 13 games and made two starts at defensive…
The defensive line · Oklahoma
- #44Taylor Wein15 tackles for loss · 2025
- David Stone8 tackles for loss · 2025
- #94Kenny Ozowalu6 tackles for loss · 2025
- #65Jayden Jackson5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #34Adepoju Adebawore4 tackles for loss · 2025
14 more on the roster · Oklahoma team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology