Rondell Bothroyd: DL · Oklahoma · #80.
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Rondell Bothroyd
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2021: ACC Defensive Line Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against TCU — Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oklahoma | 21 | 9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 27 | 13 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 63 | 36 | 16.5 | 8.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 11 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 31 | 14 | 4.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 154 | 75 | 32.5 | 15.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-0vs Arkansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-6@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 50-20vs Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-30vs No. 3 Texas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-29vs UCF | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 33-38@ Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 59-20vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ BYU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 69-45vs TCU | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-38vs No. 14 Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 9 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 6 · 2023
W 34-30
vs Texas · neutral site
1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Edged out Texas at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
38%8 hurries21 tackles · 3.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
47.2%
453 pass / 506 run
Plays / game
73.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #319 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Wake Forest and Oklahoma, 15 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Clawson and Brent Venables.
