Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-6@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#21
Joshua Tuchek
Freshman defensive back on UNLV's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 175 lb · Long Beach, CA
Returning to UNLV for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1523 nationally · Signed with UNLV
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on UNLV's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UNLV in 2025.
Joshua Tuchek
One game to point at: 1 tackles against Hawai'i — Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with UNLV3-star out of Millikan
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
UNLV
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026UNLV1-2HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
41.6%
87 pass / 122 run
Plays / game
69.7
3 games
Team sack rate
9.3%
108 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 21–6
at Hawai'i
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
With M. Choules — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 64 LONG · J. Arnold — 116 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.5 · 89 rush yds (16 car) · 2 TD
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
UNLV
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · UNLV
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +1 net (16 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UNLV · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #56 · 2026 recruiting class #63
The secondary · UNLV
- #7Jake Pope80 tackles · 2025
- #10Tre Fulton33 tackles · 2025
- #20Landyn Cleveland33 tackles · 2025
- #1Mumu Bin-Wahad32 tackles · 2025
- #21Joshua Tuchek1 game · 2026
13 more on the roster · UNLV team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology