Jermaine Waller

Junior defensive back for Virginia Tech. 2021: 4 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

DB · Virginia Tech · Jr. · #2

6′1″ · 180 lb · Washington, DC

CFB Index 88 · #14 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceVirginia Tech 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 912 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive back for Virginia Tech. 2021: 4 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 108 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20186 games

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of The Avalon School

202110 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#912 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

2 coaches

2018–2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

2021

J.C. Price

Virginia Tech

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → J.C. Price. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #14 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (97th percentile). Strength: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#14 / 824 · 97th pct

Passes defended#207 / 2743 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#590 / 2743 · 78th pct

Tackles#737 / 2743 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road4g	4.2	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #14 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Virginia Tech	45	30	2.0	0.0	5	4	--
2020	Virginia Tech	10	8	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Virginia Tech	46	33	2.5	1.5	10	3	--
2018	Virginia Tech	7	7	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		108	78	5.5	1.5	17	7	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10vs North Carolina	7	3	0.0	1	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 2	W 35-14vs Middle Tennessee	5	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 21-27@ West Virginia	3	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 4	W 21-10vs Richmond	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 29-32vs Notre Dame	5	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	L 7-28vs Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 26-17@ Georgia Tech	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-17@ Boston College	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 48-17vs Duke	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 26-38@ Miami	4	3	1.0	—	2
Total		45	30	2.0	4	5

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

Jermaine Waller

20186 games

202110 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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