6′3″ · 215 lb · Rocklin, CA
Garrett Kauppila: DB · Air Force · #22.
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Garrett Kauppila
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Air Force secondary. On tape: 9 tackles against Wyoming, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
58 tackles. 2 passes 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
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Colgate | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-23@ Colorado | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-30@ No. 20 Boise State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-24vs San José State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 25-34@ Navy | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-24vs Fresno State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-7vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-21@ Colorado State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-22@ New Mexico | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-6vs Wyoming | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
 Bowl | W 31-21@ Washington State | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
58tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL58 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Troy Calhoun, all run-heavy offenses — 21-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
14.5%
124 pass / 731 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
133 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
58 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Air Force, 100 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Troy Calhoun.
