T.J. Mutcherson: DB · UCF · #22.
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T.J. Mutcherson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Paul Rhoads and Scott Frost. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against UConn — Week 8, 2016.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | UCF | 74 | 42 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | Iowa State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 74 | 42 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 |
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 38-0vs South Carolina State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-51@ No. 5 Michigan | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 3 | L 24-30vs Maryland | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 53-14@ Florida International | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-29@ East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-26vs Temple | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 24-16@ UConn | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-31@ Houston | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-6vs Tulane | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-3vs Cincinnati | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-35vs Tulsa | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-48@ South Florida | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-31vs Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 42 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL74 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Pass share
46.4%
448 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
74.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
74 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Iowa State and UCF, 74 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Paul Rhoads, George O'Leary and Scott Frost.
