#11

Isaiah Wharton

Senior defensive back for Rutgers. 2018: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

DB · Rutgers · Sr. · #11

6′1″ · 203 lb · Kissimmee, FL

Rutgers 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back for Rutgers. 2018: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 60 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rutgers in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2624 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 141 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Rutgers2-star out of Gateway

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2624 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015

Kyle Flood

Rutgers

2016–2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kyle Flood → Chris Ash. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Rutgers4-8HC: Kyle Flood · Run-leaning

2016Rutgers2-10HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

2017Rutgers4-8HC: Chris Ash · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#95 / 2662 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#320 / 2662 · 88th pct

Tackles#421 / 2662 · 84th pct

Tackles for loss#535 / 2662 · 79th pct

5.5

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.7	0.3	0.0	0.7
Road5g	5.4	0.7	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	0.4	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	6.2	0.5	0.0	1.2

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 · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Rutgers	60	39	5.5	0.0	8	2	--
2017	Rutgers	36	23	0.5	0.0	6	--	1
2016	Rutgers	45	35	5.0	0.0	5	1	--
2015	Rutgers	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		141	97	11.0	0.0	19	4	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 35–7

vs Texas State

6 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against Texas State.

With R. Blackshear — 62 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · A. Sitkowski — 205 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · -9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Texas State	6	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 3-52@ Ohio State	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-55@ Kansas	4	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 13-42vs Buffalo	3	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	L 17-24vs Indiana	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 17-38vs Illinois	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-34@ Maryland	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 15-18vs Northwestern	6	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 17-31@ Wisconsin	7	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-42vs Michigan	7	6	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 7-20vs Penn State	3	1	0.0	1	3
Wk 13	L 10-14@ Michigan State	8	6	1.5	—	2	Season-high 8 tackles
Total		60	39	5.5	2	8

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays