2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Ryan Reese
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at Arkansas State. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Memphis, Week 1, 2026.
23 tackles · 1.5 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 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.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 2 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arkansas State | 23 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 12 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 35 | 15 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
Last game (Wk 8): 3 tackles.
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 24-42@ Memphis | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 52-7vs West Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-31@ TCU | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-14vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23@ Louisiana | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 49-56vs South Alabama | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 23-13@ Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-32vs Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -16 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
17%4 hurries23 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Butch Jones — 11-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
47.5%
233 pass / 258 run
Plays / game
61.4
8 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
258 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
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 #41 at the position.
The No. 1,579 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Sun Belt.
2026 is in progress.
