Rashad Battle is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Pittsburgh.
Battle moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons in the Pittsburgh secondary to date. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Louisville — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| 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@ No. 25 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 No. 9 Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-28@ No. 15 Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-38vs No. 13 Miami | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-23vs East Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 28 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
42tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL42 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack · 5 pass breakups.
5 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 41-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
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
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.3%
464 pass / 424 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
478 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #210 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #42 of 75 ACC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 31 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
