Nine solo tackles.....and six of those were sacks. He has three tackles for a loss.
Hey, if I got a DE and two thirds of his solo tackles are sacks while the other third are for a loss I want to hang on to him.
Randy only played in 9 of the 14 games. He is a rotational player that averaged 60% snaps.
Soooo....
11 solo tackles projected to 14 games and 100% of the snaps would be 28 solo tackles. That would tie him for 7th among DE's with Myles Garrett.
The NFL leader in solo tackles among DE's so far this season is Cleveland's Josh Allen with 39. DE's typically don't get a lot of solo tackles, RB's choose to avoid them and the O-lineman is right there. A good DE will usually attempt to misdirect a RB into the LBers. Also, there is a lot more space combined with less time to react. A RB or WR will wait for blockers or dance around a DE there is far less space around DT's.
In general, D-linemen do the dirty work while LBers and safeties get all the glory numbers.