Last confirmed: Utah State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Lithia, FL · Newsome
Aaron Wade: S · Utah State · #4.
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Aaron Wade
Erases the deep middle of the field. 2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Utah State since. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against San José State — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 1.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Utah State | 33 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | Utah State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Utah State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 46 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 60-13vs New Mexico State | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 73-12vs Tennessee Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-32vs Air Force | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ BYU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 59-28vs UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-16@ Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 61-19vs New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-17@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-24vs San José State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-24@ Colorado State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
 Bowl | W 52-13@ North Texas | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 33 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 60-13
2 interceptions · 0.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 47-point win at home against New Mexico State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL33 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
3 seasons under Matt Wells, all balanced offenses — 20-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Wells
Pass share
50.3%
467 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah State, 46 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Wells.
