Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-10vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Julien Laventure
5th-year defensive lineman on Texas Tech's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 290 lb · Upper Darby, PA · Upper Darby
CFB Index 59 · #154 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceTransferred Akron → Texas Tech for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
4 tackles
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 4 tackles, vs Abilene Christian
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Texas Tech's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from Akron to Texas Tech in 2026.
Julien Laventure
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Julien Laventure has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Abilene Christian, Week 1, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
202511 games
- All-MACsecond
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2025)
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Texas Tech
2025Akron
2026Texas Tech
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced
2026Texas Tech2-0HC: Joey McGuire · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
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: 4.0 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
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Akron | 45 | 18 | 10.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 19 | 10.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 33–10
4 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 23-point win at home against Abilene Christian.
With W. Hammond — 298 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 11 rush yds (2 car) · J. Williams — 71 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Chad Stephens’s 2022 season.
Matches Chad on
Hurry rate
Height
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Tyree Turner's freshman season at UAB (2020).
77%match
All-Conference USA
Matches Tyree on
Height
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Tyree on
Class year (lower)
Hurry rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Julien Laventure
Background
CAREER HONORS All-MAC Second Team (2025, Jr.) All-PSAC West First Team (2024, So.) PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week – Nov. 11 (2024, So.) PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH Expected to strengthen Texas Tech’s interior defensive line after previously earning All-MAC second team honors during lone season at...
The defensive line · Texas Tech
- #1Julien Laventure10.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #10Anthony Holmes Jr.10 tackles for loss · 2025
- #51Jayden Cofield5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #98Mateen Ibirogba3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #92Bryce Butler3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
4 more on the roster · Texas Tech team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology