Last confirmed: Virginia Tech, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 245 lb · Chesterfield, VA · L.C. Bird
Rayshard Ashby: LB · Virginia Tech · #23.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Rayshard Ashby
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the Virginia Tech linebacker corps. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Miami — Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 69 | 38 | 7.5 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 119 | 60 | 17.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 105 | 57 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Career | 293 | 155 | 34.0 | 10.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs NC State | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Duke | 10 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 45-56@ No. 8 North Carolina | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-14vs Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-23@ Wake Forest | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-35@ Louisville | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38vs No. 25 Liberty | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-25vs No. 9 Miami | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 14-47@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-45vs No. 4 Clemson | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 33-15vs Virginia | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 38 | 7.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%8 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups69 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
3 seasons under Justin Fuente — 19-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
34.8%
250 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
65.4
11 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
282 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 293 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 36 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Justin Fuente.
