Last confirmed: West Virginia, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Covington, GA
Toyous Avery: S · West Virginia · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Toyous Avery
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the West Virginia secondary. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Kansas State, Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | West Virginia | 42 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | West Virginia | 20 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 24 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 86 | 64 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 9 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-14@ Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-17vs Youngstown State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6vs Kansas State | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 42-34@ No. 25 Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-30@ Iowa State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-14vs Baylor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-41@ No. 15 Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 47-10vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 41-45@ Oklahoma State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 56-59vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 18-34@ No. 17 Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFL42 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
446 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
72.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at West Virginia, 86 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.
