Christian Bertrand: DB · Rice · #14.
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Christian Bertrand
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Rated a two-star prospect, with two seasons of snaps at Rice since. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Louisiana Tech — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | L 7-62vs No. 14 Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14@ UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-38@ Houston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-13vs Florida International | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-42@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 12-49vs Army | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-20@ UTSA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-42vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 21-52@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-43vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%2 TFL18 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under David Bailiff — 4-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Bailiff
Pass share
33.7%
245 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
60.6
12 games
Team sack rate
10.2%
275 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Rice, 36 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Bailiff.
