Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-20vs Tarleton State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-56@ Nebraska | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#9
Preston EstoEsta
Sophomore safety on Bowling Green's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Mason, OH · Mason HS (Ohio)
Returning to Bowling Green for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 3117 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety on Bowling Green's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2025.
Preston EstoEsta
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent two seasons in the Bowling Green secondary. The receipt on tape: 10 tackles against Nebraska, Week 2, 2026.
13 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20257 games
- Signed with Bowling Green3-star out of William Mason
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Bowling Green
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Eddie George — 4-10 over that span.
2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy
2026Bowling Green0-2HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (20th 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 2 games: 6.5 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
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bowling Green | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Bowling Green | 29 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Bowling Green
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Bowling Green
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -10 net (17 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Bowling Green · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #111 · 2026 recruiting class #75
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kool-Aid McKinstry’s 2021 season.
91%match
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 9
Matches Kool-Aid on
Interceptions
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Fabo Chaney's freshman season at Georgia Southern (2025).
Matches Fabo on
Class year
TFL rate
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Preston EstoEsta
Background
Bowling Green 2025 | Freshman Enrolled early for the spring semester Appeared in eight games Started in four games Tallied 29 tackles, a PBU and an interception this season Made four tackles at Ohio Amassed five tackles and a TFL against Central Michigan Recorded three tackles at Kent State Had f...
The secondary · Bowling Green
- Kal-El Pascal80 tackles · 2025
- #11Armahn Hale44 tackles · 2025
- #9Preston EstoEsta29 tackles · 2025
- #2JoJo Johnson22 tackles · 2025
- #26Josira Andrews10 tackles · 2025
12 more on the roster · Bowling Green team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology