Rayshard Ashby: LB · Virginia Tech · #23.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Rayshard Ashby
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the Virginia Tech linebacker corps. First career honor, 2019: All-ACC. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Miami — Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 69 | 38 | 7.5 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 119 | 60 | 17.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 105 | 57 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Career | 293 | 155 | 34.0 | 10.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs NC State | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Duke | 10 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 45-56@ No. 8 North Carolina | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-14vs Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-23@ Wake Forest | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-35@ Louisville | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38vs No. 25 Liberty | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-25vs No. 9 Miami | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 14-47@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-45vs No. 4 Clemson | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 33-15vs Virginia | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 38 | 7.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%8 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups69 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
3 seasons under Justin Fuente — 19-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
34.8%
250 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
65.4
11 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
282 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 293 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Justin Fuente.
