2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Nathan Hale
Wins the gap play after play. The three seasons at Ohio span three head coaches: Tim Albin, Brian Smith and John Hauser. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Akron — Week 10, 2026.
16 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
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Eleven Warriors Oct 27
The Columbus Dispatch Oct 20His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 9 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 10): 0.5 tackles for loss, 4 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-49@ Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 29-27vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 36-41@ South Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-7vs Stonehill | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 13-10@ Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-14vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-7@ Sacramento State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-20vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-20@ Akron | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2026
W 35-7
vs Stonehill
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Stonehill.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +15 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%2 TFLSack rate
6%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries16 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Hauser
Pass share
38.1%
206 pass / 335 run
Plays / game
60.1
9 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
233 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #14 of 16 Mid-American DTs
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%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Albin, Brian Smith, and John Hauser. Multi-era developmental context.
