Cyrus Fagan

Senior safety for NC State. 2022: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

S · NC State · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 197 lb · Daytona Beach, FL

CFB Index 66 · #123 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceNC State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 97 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for NC State. 2022: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida State in 2017.
Transferred from Florida State to NC State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at NC State, 130 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20175 games

Signed with Florida State4-star out of Mainland

2021

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#97 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

1 coach

2017–2022

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Florida State7-6HC: Odell Haggins · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2019Florida State6-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #123 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#42 / 811 · 90th pct

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#564 / 2755 · 79th pct

Tackles#577 / 2755 · 79th pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1175 / 2755 · 55th pct

2.5

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.5
Road5g	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #123 of 493 safeties

Former four-star. Now #123 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	NC State	49	29	2.5	5	3	--
2021	NC State	9	4	0.0	--	1	--
2020	Florida State	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Florida State	41	27	0.0	2	1	--
2018	Florida State	24	16	0.0	2	--	--
2017	Florida State	6	3	1.0	--	--	--
Career		130	80	3.5	9	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 19–17

vs Florida State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. McDonough — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 57 LONG · J. Houston — 90 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 21-20@ East Carolina	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 55-3vs Charleston Southern	4	1	0.5	—	1
Wk 3	W 27-14vs Texas Tech	4	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 41-10vs UConn	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-30@ Clemson	4	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 19-17vs Florida State	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 9-24@ Syracuse	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 22-21vs Virginia Tech	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-21vs Wake Forest	1	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 11	L 20-21vs Boston College	8	6	1.0	1	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 12	L 10-25@ Louisville	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 30-27@ North Carolina	5	3	0.0	—	1
Bowl	L 12-16vs Maryland	0	0	0.0	1	1
Total		49	29	2.5	3	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology