#29

Judson Tallandier

Senior defensive back on Akron's 2023 roster.

DB · Akron · Sr. · #29

6′1″ · 180 lb · Largo, MD

CFB Index 29 · #268 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAkron 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 876 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Akron's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Akron, 89 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of DeMatha Catholic

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#876 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

3 coaches

2020

Tom Arth

Akron

2021

Oscar Rodriguez

Akron

era →

2022–2023

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Pittsburgh9-4HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

29Below cohort / limited sample #268 of 339?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#254 / 2842 · 89th pct

Tackles#903 / 2842 · 68th pct

Solo tackles#1051 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Tackles for loss#1055 / 2842 · 60th pct

3.0

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.8
Road6g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.4	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #268 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #268 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Akron	39	20	3.0	0.0	5	--	--
2022	Pittsburgh	14	8	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Pittsburgh	28	17	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
2020	Pittsburgh	8	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		89	52	4.5	1.0	6	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Temple	5	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 3-35@ Kentucky	3	2	1.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 27-29@ Indiana	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 10-13vs Buffalo	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 14-55vs Northern Illinois	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Central Michigan	7	4	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Bowling Green	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Kent State	3	2	0.0	—	3
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-25vs Ohio	7	2	0.5	—	0
Total		39	20	3.0	—	5

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

Judson Tallandier

2018

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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