2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Trace Scott
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the same defensive front at Delaware. On tape: 5 tackles against Virginia, Week 4, 2026.
22 tackles · 3 sacks
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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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Last game (Wk 9): 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 2 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 | W 42-7vs Merrimack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-35@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 22-14vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-42@ Virginia | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 14-30vs Liberty | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-33@ Middle Tennessee | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 61-38vs Missouri State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-21@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 27 · W 35-21 at Western Kentucky, play by play
2 tackles, including 2 sacks, tied for 4th-most sacks in FBS that week.
Sacked the quarterback for a 8-yard loss. Second quarter, tied 21-21.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 4 tackles for loss, 3 of them sacks, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Delaware’s defense played that day
Western Kentucky’s 11 drives: 8 stopped (2 takeaways) · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 4 of 7. His sack came with the game tied.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 9-yard loss on 3rd and 7. Second quarter, down 6-0.
5 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 2 for him; the box score credits 1.
3 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 15-yard loss on 3rd and 8. Second quarter, down 14-3.
1 tackle, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
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 -17 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
14%3 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry22 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Ryan Carty — 11-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Carty
Pass share
53.3%
278 pass / 244 run
Plays / game
65.2
8 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
318 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Conference USA
Based on 2025: #5 of 11 Conference USA DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
2026 is in progress.
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