T.J. Edwards: ILB · Wisconsin · #53.
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T.J. Edwards
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Wisconsin since. All-Big Ten in 2018 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 18 tackles against Minnesota — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
103 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 10.5 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-3vs Western Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-14vs New Mexico | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-24vs BYU | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-17@ Iowa | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-24vs Nebraska | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 13-38@ No. 12 Michigan | 10 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 49-20vs Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-31@ Northwestern | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Rutgers | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-22@ No. 21 Penn State | 14 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 47-44@ Purdue | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 15-37vs Minnesota | 18 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 18 tackles |
 Bowl | W 35-3vs Miami | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 103 | 68 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
103tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%10 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups103 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 32-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 10.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 11.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
34.4%
299 pass / 570 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
330 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wisconsin, 273 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
