Deshadrick Truly: DB · Southern Miss · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Deshadrick Truly
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. On tape: 6 tackles against LSU, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Southern Miss | 24 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 24 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-0vs Savannah State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-37vs Troy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-7@ UTEP | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-28vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-45@ LSU | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 24-14vs Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-51@ Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-29@ North Texas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-24vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-21vs Louisiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL24 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
47.5%
477 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
77.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
512 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Southern Miss, 24 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Monken → Jay Hopson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
