2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Joshua Nobles
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Sacred Heart — Week 2, 2026.
20 tackles · 1.5 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
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
This season: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Massachusetts | 20 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 13 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 20 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 10): 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 37-21@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Sacred Heart | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 36-14vs Stonehill | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6@ Sacramento State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-38vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 18-25@ Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-35@ UConn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-30vs Ball State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Week 4 · 2026
W 35-6
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 29-point win on the road against Sacramento State.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +1 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where the impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%2 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles · 2 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Pass share
43.8%
233 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
59.1
9 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
266 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #38 at the position.
The No. 2,042 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American as a graduate.
2026 is in progress.
Played for two programs.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Tim Lester, Lance Taylor and Joe Harasymiak.
