Rashad Ajayi

Senior cornerback on West Virginia's 2022 roster.

CB · West Virginia · Sr. · #4

5′11″ · 182 lb · Fairburn, GA

CFB Index 16 · #298 of 322 cornersLow confidenceWest Virginia 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 2138 nationally · Signed with Colorado State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback on West Virginia's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2018.
Transferred from Colorado State to West Virginia in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at West Virginia, 102 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201812 games

Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Langston Hughes

202211 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2138 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2022

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Colorado State3-9HC: Mike Bobo · Pass-leaning

2019Colorado State4-8HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced

2020Colorado State1-3HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning

2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #298 of 322?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#974 / 2755 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1508 / 2755 · 44th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2352 / 2755 · 7th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

16 · #298 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #298 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	West Virginia	26	21	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2021	Colorado State	28	21	2.5	0.0	6	--	--
2020	Colorado State	7	6	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Colorado State	8	7	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
2018	Colorado State	33	21	2.0	1.0	6	1	--
Career		102	76	5.5	1.0	19	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2022

W 23–20

vs Oklahoma

4 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With G. Greene — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 119 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · O. Straw — 43 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 31-38@ Pittsburgh	2	2	—	1
Wk 2	L 42-55vs Kansas	6	4	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	W 65-7vs Towson	1	1	—	0
Wk 4	W 33-10@ Virginia Tech	2	2	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-38@ Texas	1	1	—	0
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Baylor	4	3	—	1
Wk 8	L 10-48@ Texas Tech	1	1	—	0
Wk 10	L 14-31@ Iowa State	3	2	—	1
Wk 11	W 23-20vs Oklahoma	4	4	—	0
Wk 12	L 31-48vs Kansas State	1	1	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-19@ Oklahoma State	1	0	—	0
Total		26	21	—	3

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