DJ Green: LB · Rice · #49.
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DJ Green
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Rice linebacker corps to date. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UTSA — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-62vs No. 14 Stanford | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14@ UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-38@ Houston | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 7-13vs Florida International | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-42@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 12-49vs Army | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-20@ UTSA | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-42vs Louisiana Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-52@ UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24@ Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-30vs North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 28 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups47 tackles · 2 for loss.
3 seasons under David Bailiff — 9-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Bailiff
Pass share
33.7%
245 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
60.6
12 games
Team sack rate
10.2%
275 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rice, 48 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Bailiff.
