#29

Tabarious Peterson

Senior defensive lineman for Louisville. 2021: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Louisville · Sr. · #29

6′3″ · 260 lb · Tucker, GA

CFB Index 33 · #203 of 274 interior linemenLow confidenceLouisville 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Louisville. 2021: 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Louisville, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Louisville

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

3 coaches

2017

Bobby Petrino

Louisville

2018

Lorenzo Ward

Louisville

era →

2019–2021

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward, and Scott Satterfield. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

2019Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2021Louisville6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #203 of 274?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#794 / 2743 · 69th pct

4.0

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Tackles#1636 / 2743 · 39th pct

Solo tackles#1705 / 2743 · 36th pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.2
Road5g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #203 of 274 interior linemen

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Louisville	25	13	4.0	2.0	1	--	--
2020	Louisville	15	12	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Louisville	24	9	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Louisville	46	24	4.5	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Louisville	18	9	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		128	67	11.0	4.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 31–23

at Florida State

2 SOLO · 3 TOT

With M. Vassett — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 73 LONG · M. Cunningham — 264 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 56 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-43@ Ole Miss	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-23@ Florida State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-37@ Wake Forest	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 33-34vs Virginia	4	3	2.5	1.0	—	0	2.5 TFL
Wk 8	W 28-14vs Boston College	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 13-28@ NC State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 24-30vs Clemson	5	2	0.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	W 41-3vs Syracuse	3	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	W 62-22@ Duke	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-52vs Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		22	12	4.0	2.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Tabarious Peterson

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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