#31

Ridwan Issahaku

Senior safety for TCU. 2018: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 75 tackles.

S · TCU · Sr. · #31

6′1″ · 196 lb · Norcross, GA

TCU 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1619 nationally · Signed with TCU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for TCU. 2018: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 75 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at TCU, 162 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with TCU3-star out of Norcross

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1619 national

CFB

College

TCU

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 24-16 over that span.

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (97th percentile). Strength: tackles (92nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#87 / 2662 · 97th pct

Tackles#221 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	5.6	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	TCU	75	54	1.0	1.0	1	2	--
2017	TCU	63	43	6.0	2.0	5	1	--
2016	TCU	24	13	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		162	110	8.0	3.0	7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 31–24

vs Oklahoma State

12 TOT · 8 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Reagor — 121 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. Nunez — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week