Texas State · W 46-45
3 tackles, 1 for loss
The other 7 games average 2 tackles. This one was 1 above.
Max Stege
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Boise State. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas State — Week 9, 2026.
16 tackles · 2.5 sacks
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 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.
Fans first named Max Stege vs Memphis.
His 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 | Boise State | 16 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | Boise State | 27 | 16 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | Boise State | 14 | 8 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 59 | 35 | 17.0 | 6.5 |
Last game (Wk 9): 3 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
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 27-34@ No. 2 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Memphis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-24vs South Dakota | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 32-7@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-18vs Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31@ Fresno State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-10@ Washington State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 46-45vs Texas State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2026
W 38-31
at Fresno State
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Fresno State on the road in a shootout.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
31%5 TFLSack rate
16%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups16 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Pass share
41.9%
235 pass / 326 run
Plays / game
70.1
8 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
252 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #257 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Pac-12
Based on 2025: #16 of 35 Mountain West DLs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.
The No. 1,837 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Pac-12.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 29 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Andy Avalos → Spencer Danielson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
From Cologne, Germany — one of 32 players from Germany in FBS this season.
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