Cedarius Rookard: S · Troy · #24.
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Cedarius Rookard
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the same secondary at Troy. The first one came in 2018: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 9 tackles against UL Monroe — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 2 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 1 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
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-56vs No. 22 Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-7vs Florida A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-19@ Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-27@ UL Monroe | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 45-21vs Coastal Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-20vs Georgia State | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-22@ Liberty | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-17@ South Alabama | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-21@ Georgia Southern | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 12-7vs Texas State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-21@ App State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Bowl | W 42-32vs Buffalo | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 56 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
Week 12 · 2018
W 12-7
vs Texas State
2 interceptions · 7 tackles · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 5 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL56 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
3 seasons under Neal Brown — 31-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
44.3%
374 pass / 471 run
Plays / game
65.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
402 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Troy, 182 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Neal Brown.
