Rodrick Ward: S · Colorado · #29.
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Rodrick Ward
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Arrived at Colorado from Southern Utah. On tape: 9 tackles against Stanford, Week 7, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
BroBible Oct 27
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colorado | 52 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 52 | 37 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-42@ No. 17 TCU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 41-48vs No. 8 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@ No. 23 UCLA | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-26vs No. 16 Oregon State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34vs No. 23 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL52 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
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
Pass share
57.2%
474 pass / 355 run
Plays / game
69.1
12 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
527 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
One season at Colorado, 52 tackles — the college career is complete.
