Gregory Rousseau: DL · Miami · #15.
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Gregory Rousseau
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Miami: Mark Richt and Manny Diaz. The first career honor came in 2019: All-ACC. On tape: 9 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Duke, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 19.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-24vs No. 8 Florida | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 25-28@ North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-0vs Bethune-Cookman | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-12vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 35-42vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-9vs No. 20 Virginia | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 16-12@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 27-10@ Florida State | 8 | 7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | 4 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 52-27vs Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-30@ Florida International | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-27@ Duke | 9 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
 Bowl | L 0-14vs Louisiana Tech | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 34 | 19.5 | 15.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
36%20 TFLSack rate
29%16 sacksHurry rate
13%7 hurries54 tackles · 19.5 for loss · 15.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Pass share
52.2%
436 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
64.3
13 games
Team sack rate
10.4%
499 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Miami, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #30 overall by the Buffalo Bills.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Richt → Manny Diaz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Buffalo BillsEntering 6th NFL season
Buffalo BillsEntering 6th NFL season
