Senior safety on Colorado's 2023 roster.
5′11″ · 185 lb · San Jacinto, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety on Colorado's roster.
Rodrick Ward
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Rodrick Ward arrived at Colorado from Southern Utah. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Stanford, Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Colorado, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (89th percentile). Strength: tackles (81st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deion Sanders
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colorado | 52 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 52 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 45–42
at TCU
3 SOLO · 3 TOT
Edged out TCU on the road in a shootout.
With S. Sanders — 510 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.1 · -32 rush yds (5 car) · D. Edwards — 24 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-42@ TCU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 41-48vs USC | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24@ Arizona State | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 43-46vs Stanford | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-28@ UCLA | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-26vs Oregon State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34vs Arizona | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-23@ Utah | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
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
52 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Tyriq Mack’s 2022 season.
Matches Tyriq on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tyriq Mack's sophomore season at Nevada (2022).
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Player DNA