Christian Roland-Wallace: CB · USC · #17.
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Christian Roland-Wallace
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Kevin Sumlin, Jedd Fisch and Lincoln Riley. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UCLA — Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 9 passes defended. 2 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-28vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | W 66-14vs Nevada | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-28@ Arizona State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-41@ Colorado | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-41vs Arizona | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-48@ No. 21 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | L 32-34vs No. 14 Utah | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 50-49@ California | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 42-52vs No. 5 Washington | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-36@ No. 6 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-38vs UCLA | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 34 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
34tackles this season34 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
56.7%
457 pass / 349 run
Plays / game
62.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #78 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Arizona and USC, 202 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 52 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Kevin Sumlin, Jedd Fisch and Lincoln Riley.
