Tavante Beckett: LB · Marshall · #4.
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Tavante Beckett
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Justin Fuente and Doc Holliday. Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 16 tackles against App State — Week 3, 2020.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Marshall | 82 | 27 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Marshall | 121 | 50 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 209 | 79 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-0vs Eastern Kentucky | 8 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-7vs No. 24 App State | 16 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Louisiana Tech | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-9vs Florida Atlantic | 13 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-10vs Massachusetts | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-14vs Middle Tennessee | 11 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | L 13-22vs UAB | 13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 27 | 5.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups82 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 12.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 8.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 12.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Doc Holliday
Pass share
42.1%
279 pass / 384 run
Plays / game
73.7
9 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
309 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Virginia Tech and Marshall, 209 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 24 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2020)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2014–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Frank Beamer, Justin Fuente and Doc Holliday.
