#11

Drew Singleton

Senior linebacker for Rutgers. 2021: 55 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Rutgers · Sr. · #11

6′2″ · 222 lb · Union City, NJ

CFB Index 36 · #413 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceRutgers 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 79 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Rutgers. 2021: 55 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 106 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2017

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Paramus Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#79 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

3 coaches

2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

2019

Nunzio Campanile

Rutgers

era →

2020–2021

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Rutgers3-6HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #413 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (82nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#495 / 2743 · 82nd pct

Solo tackles#677 / 2743 · 75th pct

Tackles for loss#688 / 2743 · 73rd pct

4.5

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Sacks#1293 / 2743 · 50th pct

0.5

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	5.7	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.0	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #413 of 578 LBs

Former four-star. Now #413 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Rutgers	55	28	4.5	0.5	--	--	--
2020	Rutgers	16	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Rutgers	35	16	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		106	50	8.0	1.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–13

vs Delaware

2 TOT

Dominant 32-point win at home against Delaware.

With N. Vedral — 323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 15 rush yds (5 car) · A. Cruickshank — 10 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 61-14vs Temple	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Syracuse	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 45-13vs Delaware	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 13-20@ Michigan	5	4	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 13-52vs Ohio State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Michigan State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 7-21@ Northwestern	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 20-14@ Illinois	3	0	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 3-52vs Wisconsin	4	0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 38-3@ Indiana	10	6	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 0-28@ Penn State	12	8	1.5	—	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 13	L 16-40vs Maryland	6	3	1.0	—
Total		51	25	3.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Drew Singleton

2017

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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