#19

A.J. Westbrook

Senior defensive back for Florida State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 65 tackles.

DB · Florida State · Sr. · #19

6′0″ · 193 lb · Daytona Beach, FL

Florida State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 399 nationally · Signed with Florida State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Florida State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 65 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida State, 145 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Florida State3-star out of Mainland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#399 national

CFB

College

Florida State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

3 coaches

2016

Jimbo Fisher

Florida State

2017

Odell Haggins

Florida State

era →

2018

Willie Taggart

Florida State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins, and Willie Taggart. Multi-era developmental context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida State10-3HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2017Florida State7-6HC: Odell Haggins · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Florida State5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Strength: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#259 / 2662 · 88th pct

Tackles#349 / 2662 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#380 / 2662 · 85th pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Tackles for loss#1588 / 2662 · 37th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.1	0.1	0.6
Road5g	6.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.2	0.1	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Norvell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Florida State	65	37	1.5	0.5	5	2	--
2017	Florida State	40	33	0.0	0.0	6	--	--
2016	Florida State	40	31	1.5	1.0	4	--	--
Career		145	101	3.0	1.5	15	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 36–26

vs Samford

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

With L. Tyler — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 59 LONG · D. Francois — 320 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 15 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 3-24vs Virginia Tech	4	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 36-26vs Samford	5	4	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	L 7-30@ Syracuse	5	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 37-19vs Northern Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 28-24@ Louisville	10	5	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 6	L 27-28@ Miami	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-17vs Wake Forest	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-59vs Clemson	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 28-47@ NC State	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 13-42@ Notre Dame	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 22-21vs Boston College	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 14-41vs Florida	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		65	37	1.5	0.5	2	5

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

2015

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays