Arnold Tarpley III: S · Vanderbilt · #2.
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Arnold Tarpley III
Erases the deep middle of the field. Second year in the same secondary at Vanderbilt. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Georgia — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 29 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 40 | 29 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Career | 69 | 47 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-6@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-7vs No. 18 Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-59vs No. 1 Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-38@ No. 21 Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-45vs No. 5 Georgia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 35-57@ Ole Miss | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-34@ South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-44vs Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-45vs Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL29 tackles · 3 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Derek Mason — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
54.2%
403 pass / 341 run
Plays / game
62.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Vanderbilt, 69 tackles — the college career is complete.
