Race Stewart is a defensive lineman at Western Michigan who has not played in Western Michigan's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Western Michigan lists 28 defensive linemen this season.
Western Michigan is 6-3. Next: at Akron, Tue Nov 10.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Tom Allen and Lance Taylor. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Central Michigan — Week 10, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | Indiana | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 17 | 8 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-23@ Michigan State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33vs North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38@ No. 9 Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-13vs Toledo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-14vs Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0vs Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Central Michigan | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 17-13vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 23-13vs Miami (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-6vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
6%1 sackHurry rate
6%1 hurry16 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.3%
304 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.2
14 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
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: #16 of 43 Mid-American DLs
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%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Tom Allen, Curt Cignetti and Lance Taylor.
