Tabarious Peterson: DL · Louisville · #29.
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Tabarious Peterson
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches at Louisville: Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward and Scott Satterfield. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Clemson — Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisville | 25 | 13 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Louisville | 15 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisville | 24 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisville | 46 | 24 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Louisville | 18 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 128 | 67 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-43vs Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-23@ Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-37@ No. 24 Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-34vs Virginia | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 28-14vs Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-28@ NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-30vs Clemson | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 41-3vs Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 62-22@ Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-52vs Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%4 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries25 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
46.5%
556 pass / 640 run
Plays / game
99.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisville, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
