Rico Tolefree: LB · San José State · #16.
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Rico Tolefree
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Arrived as a two-star recruit; five seasons of production at San José State since. On tape: 2 tackles against Hawai'i, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | San José State | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | San José State | 28 | 19 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2020 | San José State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | San José State | 50 | 21 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 94 | 49 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-17vs Portland State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-6vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-16@ Wyoming | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-28vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-43@ San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-35@ Utah State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-14vs Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-41vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
5 seasons under Brent Brennan — 26-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
56.1%
429 pass / 336 run
Plays / game
63.8
12 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
460 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons at San José State, 94 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brent Brennan.
