Will Whitson: DL · Coastal Carolina · #44.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Will Whitson
Wins the gap play after play. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Army — Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 42 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Career | 42 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 30-16vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-30vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-38@ Georgia Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ App State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-17@ Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-6vs Marshall | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-24@ Old Dominion | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-23vs Texas State | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 21-28@ Army | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-56vs No. 24 James Madison | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-14vs San José State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%5 TFLSack rate
7%3 sacksHurry rate
12%5 hurries42 tackles · 5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Beck
Pass share
47.5%
410 pass / 453 run
Plays / game
66.4
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
42 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at Coastal Carolina, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
