Rakavian Poydras: DT · Middle Tennessee · #90.
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Rakavian Poydras
Wins the gap play after play. Four seasons in the Middle Tennessee defensive front to date. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Western Kentucky, Week 5, 2020.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 36 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 28 | 14 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Middle Tennessee | 18 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | 2 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 84 | 34 | 8.5 | 1.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-42@ Army | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-47vs Troy | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-37@ UTSA | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-20vs Western Kentucky | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 31-28@ Florida International | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs North Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 40-34@ Rice | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-42@ No. 16 Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-17@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2020
W 31-28
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Florida International on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksHurry rate
6%2 hurries36 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Rick Stockstill, all balanced offenses — 22-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
49.3%
310 pass / 319 run
Plays / game
69.9
9 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
345 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Middle Tennessee, 84 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
