Chris Rayford: CB · Mississippi State · #24.
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Chris Rayford
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches at Mississippi State: Dan Mullen and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Iowa — Bowl, 2018.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 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.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mississippi State | 13 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | 14 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 23 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 50 | 36 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-6vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-10vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-28@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-19@ No. 5 LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-13vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-3vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-6vs Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 22-27vs Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
31%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
13tackles this season13 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
38.9%
323 pass / 507 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 50 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
