Warren Saba: S · East Carolina · #17.
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Warren Saba
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at East Carolina. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Temple, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 5 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | East Carolina | 32 | 16 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | East Carolina | 30 | 17 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | East Carolina | 17 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 26 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 105 | 65 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 19-33@ App State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-20vs South Carolina | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-38@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-28vs Charleston Southern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-29vs Tulane | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 16-20@ UCF | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-14vs South Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Temple | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-29@ Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-35@ Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-35vs No. 4 Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL32 tackles · 2 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
47.5%
441 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
77.4
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #482 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at East Carolina, 105 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
