Rashaan Gaulden: DB · Tennessee · #7.
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Rashaan Gaulden
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the Tennessee secondary to date. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Carolina, Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-41vs Georgia Tech | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Indiana State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-26@ No. 24 Florida | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 17-13vs Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-41vs No. 7 Georgia | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-15vs South Carolina | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-45@ No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 26-29@ Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs Southern Miss | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-50@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-42vs Vanderbilt | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 35 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL63 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
44.1%
319 pass / 405 run
Plays / game
60.3
12 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
363 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
63 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tennessee, 131 tackles — drafted at #85 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Butch Jones.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 9th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 9th NFL season
