Steven Rhodes: DE · Middle Tennessee · #49.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Steven Rhodes
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Bowling Green — Week 3, 2016.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Middle Tennessee | 41 | 26 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Career | 41 | 26 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 2 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-0vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-47@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-21@ Bowling Green | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-34vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-13@ North Texas | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 43-44vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 51-45@ Missouri | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-35@ Florida International | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 25-45vs UTSA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-42@ Marshall | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-31@ Charlotte | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 77-56vs Florida Atlantic | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 35-52vs Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 26 | 8.0 | 4.5 | — | 2 |
Week 12 · 2016
W 38-31
at Charlotte
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Charlotte on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
11%4 sacksTFL rate
20%8 TFLHurry rate
17%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
39%4 of 12 pressures41 tackles · 8 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
57.6%
556 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
74.3
13 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
535 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
41 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Middle Tennessee, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
