SirVocea Dennis: LB · Pittsburgh · #7.
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SirVocea Dennis
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Pittsburgh since. All-ACC in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Duke — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
89 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 11.5 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 89 | 45 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh | 82 | 38 | 10.0 | 4.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh | 55 | 36 | 14.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 227 | 120 | 35.5 | 13.5 | 3 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-31vs West Virginia | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-34vs No. 24 Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-13@ Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Rhode Island | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-26vs Georgia Tech | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-29vs Virginia Tech | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-24@ Louisville | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-42@ No. 21 North Carolina | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 19-9vs No. 22 Syracuse | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-7@ Virginia | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-26vs Duke | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 42-16@ Miami | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 45 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 1 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
89tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%12 TFLSack rate
7%6 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups89 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 34-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
43.7%
391 pass / 503 run
Plays / game
68.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 227 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #153 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2021)
4 career weekly honors across 3 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
Next stop · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 4th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 4th NFL season
