Damarri Mathis: DB · Pittsburgh · #21.
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Damarri Mathis
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary to date. On tape: 7 tackles against Georgia Tech, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 43 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 23 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 82 | 63 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 41-34@ Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44vs Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 77-7vs New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-21@ Georgia Tech | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 28-7@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-17vs Clemson | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-38vs Miami | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-29@ Duke | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-23vs North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-38vs Virginia | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-14@ Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-21vs No. 18 Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL43 tackles · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 31-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
51.6%
542 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
80.8
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
554 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #316 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 82 tackles — drafted at #115 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 5th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 5th NFL season
