2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Duke#39 · 6-2 | 3 | 5% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Duke#44 · 9-5 | 3 | 9% | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Elliott Schaper's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Elliott Schaper'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
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | W 17–3 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 2 | @ | W 31–27 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 3 | W 35–7 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 4 | W 62–7 | 5.4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | |
| 6 | @ | L 25–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | L 20–24 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 8 | @ | W 19–16 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 9 | W 47–2 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 2026 · 3 games | 4.5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 5 | 3141st / 5664 |
| Solo | 4 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
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 · Tulane | 54 | ~3 (0–17) | 1 | 6% |
| Wk 3 · Stanford | 58 | ~2 (0–11) | 1 | 3% |
| Wk 4 · William & Mary | 49 | ~18 (2–33) | 3 | 37% |
| Season | 486 | 23 (0–47) | 5 | 5% |
11 LBs on the Duke roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Nick Morris Jr. | LB | SR | 45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 34 | Luke Mergott | LB | JR | 33 | 1.5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 42 | Kendall Johnson | LB | JR | 25 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Bradley Gompers | LB | SO | 20 | 5.5 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 30 | Will Felder Jr. | LB | FR | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 19 | Jon Morris | LB | SO | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
| 31 | Elliott Schaper | LB | SO | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 40 | Asher Wasserman | LB | FR | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 11 | Derrick Brown Jr. | LB | SO | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 33 | Colsen Gatten | LB | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 32 | Tony Grimmer | LB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
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. Duke depth chart →