Terence Cherry: DL · Southern Miss · #24.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Terence Cherry
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Rice — Week 9, 2020.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | Southern Miss | 26 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 26 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-32vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-31vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-66vs Tulane | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-31@ North Texas | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-56@ Liberty | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-30vs Rice | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 24-13vs North Alabama | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-23vs UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-31vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
12%3 hurries26 tackles · 2 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Pass share
42.7%
272 pass / 365 run
Plays / game
63.7
10 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
305 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Southern Miss, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Billings, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
