TyJuan Garbutt: DL · Virginia Tech · #45.
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TyJuan Garbutt
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons at Virginia Tech span three head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price and Brent Pry. The first career honor came in 2022: ACC Defensive Line Player of the Week. On tape: 6 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Liberty, Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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 this player by name this season.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 31 | 16 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 30 | 17 | 7.0 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 31 | 13 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 31 | 18 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 123 | 64 | 29.0 | 12.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20@ Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-10vs Boston College | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 4 | L 10-33vs West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-20vs Miami | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 9 | L 21-22@ No. 24 NC State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 27-28vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22@ Liberty | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 31 | 16 | 12.0 | 6.5 | — | 1 |
Week 12 · 2022
W 23-22
at Liberty
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
A close one, won by 1 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
39%12 TFLSack rate
21%6 sacksHurry rate
19%6 hurries31 tackles · 12 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
47.8%
346 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
65.8
11 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
360 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #210 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
