Rashaan Gaulden

Former defensive back at Tennessee. 2017: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 63 tackles.

DB · Tennessee · #7

6′1″ · 193 lb · Spring Hill, TN

Carolina — drafted 2018, Rd 3, Pick 21, #85 overall

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 416 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Tennessee. 2017: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 63 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2014.
Drafted round 3 by the Carolina in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 131 tackles — drafted at #85 overall by Carolina.

His career

2014

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Independence

2018

Drafted by Carolinaround 3, pick 85

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#416 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #85

Carolina · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 9th NFL season

#85Rd 3 · Pick 21

CarolinaEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Strength: tackles (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#281 / 2682 · 88th pct

Tackles#396 / 2682 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#483 / 2682 · 81st pct

Tackles for loss#889 / 2682 · 65th pct

3.5

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th 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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.5	0.6	0.0	0.3
Road5g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.6

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tennessee	63	35	3.5	5	1	--
2016	Tennessee	68	52	6.0	4	--	--
Career		131	87	9.5	9	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 42–41

at Georgia Tech

6 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With T. Daniel — 47 AVG · 70 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Dormady — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 13 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week