Senior defensive back for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 14 tackles.
6′3″ · 214 lb · Louisville, KY
The story
4 defensive back for Eastern Michigan. 2022: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 14 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearRuss Vaden
He has spent four seasons in the Eastern Michigan secondary. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Buffalo — Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 47 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 24-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (15th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 47 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 42–34
1 PD · 3 SOLO · 3 TOT
Edged out Eastern Kentucky at home in a shootout.
With T. Powell — 271 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 39.6 · 5 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-34vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-49@ Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-21@ Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-50vs Buffalo | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 20-16@ Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-19vs Central Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 41-27@ San José State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |