2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Jalen McIver
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at New Mexico. On tape: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against San José State, Week 9, 2026.
13 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KOB 4 Oct 15His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, 2 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico | 13 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2025 | New Mexico | 10 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Career | 23 | 11 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 0.5 tackles for loss, 3 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 | W 38-7vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-7vs Mercyhurst | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-14@ No. 24 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-18@ New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 61-7vs UTEP | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 21-10@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-16vs North Dakota State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-16@ San José State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2026
W 70-7
vs Mercyhurst
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 63-point win at home against Mercyhurst.
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +10 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
38%5 TFLSack rate
19%2 sacksHurry rate
15%2 hurries13 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jason Eck — 16-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Pass share
28.9%
142 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
61.4
8 games
Team sack rate
10.6%
180 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #28 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
