Former defensive back at Florida State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′0″ · 188 lb · Rock Hill, SC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 936 nationally · Signed with Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at Florida State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Fentrell Cypress
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Bronco Mendenhall, Tony Elliott and Mike Norvell. In 2022 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-ACC. The receipt: 6 tackles against Miami — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Florida State, 122 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Norvell.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (90th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th 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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #249 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida State | 24 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida State | 40 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia | 39 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia | 17 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 122 | 84 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 25 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 14–9
vs California
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
With A. Mastromanno — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · D. Uiagalelei — 177 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.0 · 11 rush yds (9 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-24@ Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-20vs Memphis | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-9vs California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-42@ SMU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-29vs Clemson | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-23@ Duke | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-36@ Miami | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 11-35vs North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 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.
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dashawn Jones’s 2022 season.
Matches Dashawn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Crossley's graduate season at SMU (2024).
Matches Brandon on
Player DNA