Rashad Weaver: DL · Pittsburgh · #17.
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Rashad Weaver
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Pittsburgh defensive front to date. The first one came in 2020: All-America (Consensus). On tape: 7 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Syracuse, Week 3, 2020.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 34 | 22 | 14.0 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 44 | 28 | 13.0 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 28 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3 |
| Career | 106 | 67 | 33.0 | 16.0 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 21-10vs Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 23-20vs No. 24 Louisville | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs NC State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-31@ No. 13 Miami | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-45vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-17@ Florida State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 47-14vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-52@ No. 4 Clemson | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 34 | 22 | 14.0 | 7.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
41%14 TFLSack rate
22%8 sacksHurry rate
35%12 hurries34 tackles · 14 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 18-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
52.7%
426 pass / 382 run
Plays / game
73.5
11 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
461 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2020
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 16 sacks, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #135 overall by the Tennessee Titans.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2020)
7 first-team selectors
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
Next stop · NFL
Tennessee TitansEntering 6th NFL season
Tennessee TitansEntering 6th NFL season
