Last confirmed: Vanderbilt, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Louisville, KY · Trinity
Ryan White: S · Vanderbilt · #14.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ryan White
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Vanderbilt. One game to point at: 13 tackles against Alabama — Week 4, 2017.
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
60 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4 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 | Vanderbilt | 60 | 41 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 75 | 49 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | 2 |
| 2015 | Vanderbilt | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 135 | 90 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-6@ Middle Tennessee | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Alabama A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-7vs No. 18 Kansas State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-59vs No. 1 Alabama | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38@ No. 21 Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-45vs No. 5 Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-57@ Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-34@ South Carolina | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-44vs Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-45vs Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-24@ Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 41 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Week 3 · 2017
W 14-7
vs Kansas State
1 interception · 0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL60 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Derek Mason — 18-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
54.2%
403 pass / 341 run
Plays / game
62.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
60 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 135 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
