Last confirmed: TCU, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 196 lb · Norcross, GA
Ridwan Issahaku: S · TCU · #31.
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Ridwan Issahaku
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. He has spent three seasons in the TCU secondary. On tape: 12 tackles against Oklahoma State, Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs Southern | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-12@ SMU | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-40vs No. 4 Ohio State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-31@ Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs Iowa State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17vs Texas Tech | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-52vs No. 9 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-27@ Kansas | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-47@ No. 7 West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-9@ Baylor | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Oklahoma State | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
 Bowl | W 10-7vs California | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 54 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 16-9
at Baylor
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 7 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL75 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 24-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
45.9%
408 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
428 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
75 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at TCU, 162 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 31 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gary Patterson.
