6′0″ · 215 lb · West Bloomfield, MI
Evan Foster: DB · Syracuse · #9.
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Evan Foster
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Fourth year in the Syracuse secondary. A game that shows it: 12 tackles against Duke — Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Roundtable Oct 23
Syracuse.com Oct 15
247Sports Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-0@ Liberty | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-63@ Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-41vs No. 1 Clemson | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-33vs Western Michigan | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-3vs Holy Cross | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-16@ NC State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-27vs Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-35@ Florida State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-58vs Boston College | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-6@ Duke | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 34-56@ Louisville | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 39-30vs Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 34 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 4 |
Week 1 · 2019
W 24-0
at Liberty
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 24-point win on the road against Liberty.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL74 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Dino Babers — 23-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dino Babers
Pass share
45.0%
408 pass / 499 run
Plays / game
75.6
12 games
Team sack rate
10.8%
463 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
74 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Syracuse, 228 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 40 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dino Babers.
