Brandon Rutt: LB · Arizona · #18.
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Brandon Rutt
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the Arizona linebacker corps. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Colorado — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-24vs Northern Arizona | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-19vs Houston | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-16@ UTEP | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-30vs No. 23 Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-42@ Colorado | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 45-44@ California | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-37vs No. 15 Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-49@ No. 17 USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-28vs Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 35-38vs Purdue | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 29 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 6 · 2017
W 45-42
at Colorado
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Colorado on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups29 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Rich Rodriguez, all run-heavy offenses — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
32.6%
295 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
69.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
322 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arizona, 46 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rich Rodriguez.
