Senior cornerback for Utah State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 15 tackles.
5′10″ · 190 lb · Oakland, CA
The story
4 cornerback for Utah State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 15 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDeante Fortenberry
Second year in the Utah State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 5 tackles against Wyoming — Week 8, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Utah State, 35 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Matt Wells, all balanced offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Utah State | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Utah State | 20 | 11 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 22 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-38@ Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 60-13vs New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 73-12vs Tennessee Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 59-28vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-16@ Wyoming | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 61-19vs New Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-17@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-24vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 2 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.