2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
JJ Douglas
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the same defensive front at Central Michigan. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 7, 2026.
32 tackles · 1 sack
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
32 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Central Michigan | 32 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 23 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 55 | 20 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 4 |
Last game (Wk 8): 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 6 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 7-38@ New Mexico | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 13-10vs Colgate | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-10vs Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-52@ No. 6 Miami | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-17vs Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-31@ Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-21vs Western Michigan | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 27-28vs Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Oct. 24 · L 27-28 vs Miami (OH), play by play
6 tackles, including 1 more for loss, 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 4-yard loss on 3rd and 11. Fourth quarter, up 24-21.
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, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Central Michigan’s defense played that day
Miami (OH)’s 11 drives: 7 stopped (2 takeaways) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 7 of 11. His sack came with Central Michigan up 3.
9 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback twice.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 6 for him; the box score credits 5.
2 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 4th-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 3 for him; the box score credits 2.
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.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%3 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
9%3 hurries32 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Matt Drinkall, all run-heavy, slow tempo offenses — 10-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Pass share
36.8%
174 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
59.1
8 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
192 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
32 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #23 at the position.
The No. 2,563 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim McElwain → Matt Drinkall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
