Wylan Free

Senior defensive back on Georgia Southern's 2022 roster.

DB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 180 lb · Compton, CA

CFB Index 51 · #239 of 493 safetiesLow confidenceGeorgia Southern 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1138 nationally · Signed with Fresno State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

6 defensive back on Georgia Southern's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2017.
Transferred from Fresno State to Georgia Southern in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 193 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2017

Signed with Fresno State3-star out of Carson

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1138 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

2022

Clay Helton

Georgia Southern

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Fresno State12-2HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2019Fresno State4-8HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #239 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (94th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#114 / 2755 · 96th pct

Tackles#164 / 2755 · 94th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2352 / 2755 · 7th pct

0.0

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road6g	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #239 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Georgia Southern	77	47	0.0	2	--	--
2021	Fresno State	16	13	0.5	4	--	--
2020	Fresno State	18	13	0.0	4	1	--
2019	Fresno State	64	33	0.0	2	2	--
2018	Fresno State	18	12	0.5	--	1	--
Career		193	118	1.0	12	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 45–38

vs James Madison

5 TOT · 4 SOLO

Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.

With K. Vantrease — 578 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · A. Beck II — 45 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 59 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-7vs Morgan State	2	1	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-42@ Nebraska	4	1	—	0
Wk 3	L 21-35@ UAB	8	7	—	0
Wk 4	W 34-23vs Ball State	10	5	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	L 30-34@ Coastal Carolina	10	5	—	0
Wk 6	L 33-41@ Georgia State	10	6	—	0
Wk 7	W 45-38vs James Madison	5	4	—	0
Wk 8	W 28-23@ Old Dominion	10	5	—	0
Wk 10	L 31-38vs South Alabama	5	4	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-36@ Louisiana	4	2	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-23vs Marshall	3	2	—	0
Wk 13	W 51-48vs App State	6	5	—	2
Total		77	47	—	2

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

Wylan Free

2017

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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