Isaac Yiadom: DB · Boston College · #20.
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Isaac Yiadom
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three seasons in the Boston College secondary to date. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Northern Illinois — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Atlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 22
247Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boston College | 53 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2016 | Boston College | 26 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 10 | -- |
| 2015 | Boston College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 79 | 53 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20@ Northern Illinois | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-34vs Wake Forest | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-49vs Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-34@ No. 2 Clemson | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 28-8vs Central Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-23vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-42@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-10@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-3vs Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-17vs NC State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-16vs UConn | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-14@ Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-27vs Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 36 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL53 tackles · 1 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Steve Addazio — 17-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Addazio
Pass share
37.5%
366 pass / 611 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Boston College, 79 tackles — drafted at #99 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Addazio.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 9th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 9th NFL season
