Snap share
10%
likely 5–14%
Tackles
3
3629th of 5664 in FBS
Solo
1
Tackles for loss
1
1566th of 2634 in FBS
Sacks
1
620th of 1383 in FBS
Interceptions
0
Game Log
Chima Chineke's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
6.0 avg. game scoreBest: 7.0 vs Northern Illinois (Week 1)0 of 2 games at 8.0+
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Northern Illinois | W 40–0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2 |  Iowa State | W 16–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 3 |  Northern Iowa | W 55–0 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 4 | @ Michigan | W 20–19 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 |  Ohio State | L 14–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 6 | @ Washington | W 41–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 8 | @ Minnesota | L 10–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 9 |  Wisconsin | W 30–0 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 3 | 3629th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 1 | 1566th / 2634 |
| Sacks | 1 | 620th / 1383 |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Northern Illinois | 55 | ~20 (8–32) | 1 | 36% |
| Wk 3 · Northern Iowa | 57 | ~31 (12–49) | 2 | 54% |
| Season | 494 | 51 (25–68) | 3 | 10% |
Position Room
19 DLs on the Iowa roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Bryce Hawthorne | DL | SR | 28 | 7 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
| 51 | Luke Gaffney | DL | SR | 16 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 43 | Kahmari Brown | DL | JR | 15 | 2.5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| 57 | Will Hubert | DL | SR | 14 | 1.5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 97 | Iose Epenesa | DL | SO | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 44 | Kenneth Merrieweather | DL | SR | 11 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Drew Campbell | DE | JR | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
| 92 | Brice Stevenson | DL | SR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 84 | Joseph Anderson | DE | JR | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 |
| 91 | Devan Kennedy | DL | JR | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
| 40 | Chima Chineke | DE | JR | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 42 | David Fason | DL | FR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 45 | Jack Janda | DL | FR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 88 | Emmanuel Olagbaju | DL | SR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 32 | Sawyer Jezierski | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Will Lockhart | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Maddux Borcherding-Johnson | DL | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 95 | Lance Ingold | DL | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 99 | Brad Fitzgibbon | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Iowa depth chart →