Stuart Head: S · Stanford · #18.
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Stuart Head
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons in the Stanford secondary to date. On tape: 8 tackles against Notre Dame, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 31-28@ Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-13vs No. 15 Washington | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-34vs UCLA | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-31vs Arizona | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16@ Colorado | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-49@ Washington State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-24vs California | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs No. 15 Notre Dame | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL39 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
2 seasons under David Shaw — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
55.9%
439 pass / 346 run
Plays / game
65.4
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Stanford, 42 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Shaw.
