2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Quincy Byas
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two seasons in the Eastern Michigan defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Akron — Week 6, 2026.
30 tackles · 5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 30 | 12 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 22 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- |
| Career | 52 | 24 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 10): 3 tackles, 2 hurries.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ Michigan State | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-54@ Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-3vs Lindenwood | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-14@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-23@ Akron | 7 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-34vs Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24@ Ohio | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-35vs Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 7.5 | 5.0 | — | 2 |
Nov. 4 · L 7-35 vs Central Michigan, play by play
3 tackles. Quincy Byas hurried the quarterback twice.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
This season: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 5 of them sacks, in the 10 games with play by play.
How Eastern Michigan’s defense played that day
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles. Quincy Byas hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles, including 2 sacks, 1 pass broken up, tied for the most sacks in FBS that week.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss on 3rd and 15. Third quarter, down 17-13.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles. Quincy Byas hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss. Third quarter, up 19-0.
0 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
4 tackles, including 1 sack. Quincy Byas hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is a tackle on the play-by-play. Sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 4-yard loss. Second quarter, down 14-7.
Week 6 · 2026
W 25-23
at Akron
2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
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 -29 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where the impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
25%8 TFLSack rate
17%5 sacksHurry rate
30%9 hurries30 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 8-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
55.5%
356 pass / 285 run
Plays / game
64.1
10 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
405 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
30 tackles in 10 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #23 of 43 Mid-American DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,331 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American as a sophomore.
2026 is in progress.
