#47

Randy Wade Jr.

Senior linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2021: 31 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #47

6′2″ · 275 lb · Blakely, GA

CFB Index 35 · #421 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceGeorgia Southern 2021 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia Southern. 2021: 31 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 184 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

2018–2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tyson Summers, Chad Lunsford, and Kevin Whitley. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #421 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#1233 / 2743 · 52nd pct

2.5

Tackles#1334 / 2743 · 51st pct

Solo tackles#1338 / 2743 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.2
Road5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #421 of 578 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Georgia Southern	31	17	2.5	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Georgia Southern	33	17	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Georgia Southern	63	34	12.0	4.0	4	--	--
2018	Georgia Southern	48	25	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2017	Georgia Southern	9	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		184	100	21.0	4.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 30–25

vs Gardner-Webb

2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With L. Wright — 177 rush yds (26 car) · 1 TD · A. Jones — 45 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 28.6 · 98 rush yds (19 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-25vs Gardner-Webb	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 6-38@ Florida Atlantic	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-45@ Arkansas	7	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	L 20-28vs Louisiana	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 59-33vs Arkansas State	2	2	1.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 24-27@ Troy	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 8-28vs Coastal Carolina	3	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-30@ Texas State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-34vs BYU	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 3-27@ App State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Total		31	17	2.5	—	1

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

Randy Wade Jr.

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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