Tabari McGaskey

Linebacker for Rice. 2016: 51 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Rice · #9

6′0″ · Dallas, TX

Rice 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 linebacker for Rice. 2016: 51 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rice in 2012.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2431 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at Rice, 51 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Rice2-star out of Lincoln

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2431 national

CFB

College

Rice

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Rice3-9HC: David Bailiff · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Strength: passes defended (91st percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#145 / 2668 · 94th pct

10.5

Passes defended#193 / 2668 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#488 / 2668 · 81st pct

Tackles#652 / 2668 · 75th pct

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	1.1	0.2	0.8
Road5g	4.6	0.8	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.0	1.7	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Rice	51	36	10.5	1.0	6	--	--
Career		51	36	10.5	1.0	6	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016

W 65–44

vs Prairie View A&M

6 TOT · 4 SOLO

Dominant 21-point win at home against Prairie View A&M.

With T. Stehling — 407 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.3 · -2 rush yds (3 car) · S. Stewart — 116 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-46@ Western Kentucky	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-38vs Baylor	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 35-42vs North Texas	3	2	2.5	0.0	—	1	2.5 TFL
Wk 5	L 28-44@ Southern Miss	5	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 13-14vs UTSA	10	8	3.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 8	W 65-44vs Prairie View A&M	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 16-61@ Louisiana Tech	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 25-42vs Florida Atlantic	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 22-21@ Charlotte	5	4	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 44-24vs UTEP	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	L 17-41@ Stanford	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		51	36	10.5	1.0	—	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology