#15

Rashad Battle

Senior defensive back on Pittsburgh's 2025 roster.

DB · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #15

6′3″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA

CFB Index 45 · #210 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Pittsburgh for 2026

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 478 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Pittsburgh's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2020.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

Rashad Battle

DB · Pittsburgh · Sr · #15

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent five seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary. The receipt: 9 tackles against Louisville — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 41-23 over that span.

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

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

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

2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #210 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#608 / 2975 · 79th pct

Tackles#834 / 2975 · 71st pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.5
Road5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.2	0.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #210 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #42 of 75 ACC DBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Pittsburgh	42	28	1.5	1.0	5	--	--
2024	Pittsburgh	35	27	1.0	0.0	8	--	--
2022	Pittsburgh	6	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Pittsburgh	8	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Pittsburgh	5	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		96	74	2.5	1.0	13	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025

W 42–28

at Georgia Tech

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 PD

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With M. Heintschel — 226 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.8 · -29 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · J. Turner — 201 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 61-9vs Duquesne	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 27-34vs Louisville	9	8	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6	W 48-7vs Boston College	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-31@ Florida State	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-13@ Syracuse	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 53-34vs NC State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 35-20@ Stanford	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 15-37vs Notre Dame	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 42-28@ Georgia Tech	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 14	L 7-38vs Miami	3	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Bowl	L 17-23@ East Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		42	28	1.5	1.0	—	5

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

42Tackles

28Solo

1.5TFL

1Sacks

5Pass def.

0INT

42 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 91 PD
Week 121 PD
Week 132 PD
Week 141 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Pittsburgh

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Pittsburgh

Returning around him

1 Pittsburgh player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -5 net (16 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Pittsburgh · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #64 · 2026 recruiting class #44

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to John Saunders Jr.’s 2024 season.

John Saunders Jr.

83%match

Ole Miss · 2024

Kerry Martin Jr.

Akron · 2023

82%

Glendon Miller

Maryland · 2023

80%

Deane Leonard

Ole Miss · 2021

NFL Rd 7

79%

Jaise Oliver

Tulsa · 2023

78%

Matches John on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to John Saunders Jr.'s graduate season at Ole Miss (2024).

John Saunders Jr.

86%match

Ole Miss · 2024

All-MAC

Hudson Clark

Arkansas · 2024

83%

Tyrin Taylor

Jacksonville State · 2025

78%

Josh Minkins

Cincinnati · 2024

78%

Bryan Addison

UCLA · 2024

77%

Matches John on

TFL rate

Weight

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Rashad Battle

Elijah Reed

Akron · 2025

77%

Marcus Allen

North Carolina · 2025

75%

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

20204 games