5′11″ · 197 lb · Meadville, PA · Meadville Area
Artrel Foster: DB · Temple · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Artrel Foster
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at Temple, two different head coaches: Matt Rhule and Geoff Collins. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Army, Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-49@ Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-13vs Villanova | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 29-21vs Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-20vs Houston | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-10@ East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-28vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-31@ Army | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-26vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-24@ Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-45vs No. 14 UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 28-3@ Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL27 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Geoff Collins
Pass share
49.6%
450 pass / 458 run
Plays / game
69.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Temple, 61 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
