6′3″ · 240 lb · Orlando, FL · IMG Academy
He is a true freshman with 4 games on the stat sheet.
2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: his team’s results.
6 stories this week, from 5 outlets.
Jake Kreul the Latest Sign of Oklahoma's Improving Depth on Defensive Line
Sports Illustrated +1 Oct 21
Jake Kreul
One game to point at: 6 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Kentucky — Week 7, 2026.
9 tackles · 3 sacks
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Oklahoma | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Career | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
Last game (Wk 7): 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 6 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-41@ No. 2 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24vs No. 1 Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-21vs No. 15 Kentucky | 6 | 2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Oct. 17 · L 13-21 vs Kentucky, play by play
A big game: 6 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 2 sacks, tied for 4th-most sacks in FBS that week. His sack on 4th and 3 ended Kentucky’s drive (downs).
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss on 3rd and 10. Third quarter, up 13-7. Fans named him again and again right after: the most-talked-about moment of his game.
“Jake Kreul. My word.”Oklahoma fan, r/CFB game thread
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss on 4th and 3. Fourth quarter, down 14-13. Ended Kentucky’s drive (downs).
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 3 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 3 games with play by play.
How Oklahoma’s defense played that day
Kentucky’s 8 drives: 6 stopped · 2 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 8. His sack came with Oklahoma down 1.
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback once.
1 tackle.
Ratings of the games shown run from +8 to +26 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
47.8%
178 pass / 194 run
Plays / game
62.0
6 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
208 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
from 5 outlets
Jake Kreul the Latest Sign of Oklahoma's Improving Depth on Defensive Line
Sports Illustrated +1 Oct 21 · 2 outlets
Talk is up: 6 stories this week, from 1 the week before.
Sports IllustratedOklahoma Freshman Jake Kreul's Breakout Game Among the Brightest Spots of Loss to KentuckyOct 18from 5 outlets
Jake Kreul the Latest Sign of Oklahoma's Improving Depth on Defensive Line
Sports Illustrated +1 Oct 21 · 2 outlets
Sports IllustratedOklahoma Freshman Jake Kreul's Breakout Game Among the Brightest Spots of Loss to KentuckyOct 18Sports Illustrated +1Sports IllustratedEach week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Oct 24.
His career
