6′0″ · 204 lb · Altamonte Springs, FL · Lyman
Romero Wade: S · Ball State · #31.
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Romero Wade
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. 2 stars out of high school, 1 seasons of real snaps at Ball State since. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ball State | 39 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Career | 39 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-24@ Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-31vs UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-13vs Tennessee Tech | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-55@ Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-31@ Akron | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-56vs Central Michigan | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 17-58vs Toledo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-56@ Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-63@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-40vs Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-28vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL39 tackles · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
45.3%
405 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
74.5
12 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Ball State, 39 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pete Lembo → Mike Neu. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
