Delano Ware: S · Western Michigan · #26.
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Delano Ware
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Lovie Smith, Rod Smith and Tim Lester. On tape: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Toledo, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 64 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 40 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Illinois | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Illinois | 22 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Illinois | 35 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 172 | 110 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 6 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-35@ No. 15 Michigan State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-30@ Ball State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-34vs No. 23 Pittsburgh | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-34@ San José State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-7vs New Hampshire | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-45vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-33vs Ohio | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 16-10@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 9-13@ Bowling Green | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 21-24vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 12-10@ Central Michigan | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-14vs Toledo | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Week 5 · 2022
W 44-7
1 interception · 4 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 37-point win at home against New Hampshire.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL64 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
42.2%
335 pass / 458 run
Plays / game
66.1
12 games
Team sack rate
11.8%
356 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
64 tackles in 12 games, 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 #173 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Illinois and Western Michigan, 172 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Lovie Smith and Tim Lester.
