6′1″ · 215 lb · Whitsett, NC
Jarius Morehead: S · NC State · #31.
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Jarius Morehead
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent four seasons in the NC State secondary. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Clemson, Week 11, 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
49 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-6vs East Carolina | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-0vs Western Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-44@ West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-23vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-31@ Florida State | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 16-10vs Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-45@ Boston College | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 10-44@ No. 23 Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-55vs No. 4 Clemson | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-34vs Louisville | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 26-28@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-41vs North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 24 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%3 TFL49 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
4 seasons under Dave Doeren — 29-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
52.9%
463 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
72.9
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
486 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at NC State, 219 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dave Doeren.
