Last confirmed: Rice, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Dallas, TX · Lincoln
Tabari McGaskey: LB · Rice · #9.
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Tabari McGaskey
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has 1 seasons of production at Rice behind him. A game that shows it: 10 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against UTSA — Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rice | 51 | 36 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 6 |
| Career | 51 | 36 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-46@ Western Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-38vs No. 21 Baylor | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-42vs North Texas | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | L 28-44@ Southern Miss | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-14vs UTSA | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 65-44vs Prairie View A&M | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-61@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 25-42vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 22-21@ Charlotte | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-24vs UTEP | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-41@ Stanford | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 36 | 10.5 | 1.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
21%10 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
12%6 pass breakups51 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Bailiff
Pass share
46.6%
404 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
72.2
12 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Rice, 51 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Bailiff.
