Terrel Bernard: LB · Baylor · #2.
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Terrel Bernard
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches at Baylor: Matt Rhule and Dave Aranda. All-Big 12 in 2021 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against TCU — Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
86 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-20@ Texas State | 9 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-7vs Texas Southern | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7@ Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-29vs No. 14 Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20vs West Virginia | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-24vs No. 19 BYU | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24vs Texas | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-30@ TCU | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 27-14vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 20-10@ Kansas State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24vs Texas Tech | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-16vs No. 5 Oklahoma State | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 86 | 51 | 10.5 | 5.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
103tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%12 TFLSack rate
7%8 sacksPD rate
4%4 pass breakups103 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
39.7%
365 pass / 555 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #246 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Baylor, 317 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #89 overall by the Buffalo Bills.
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2021)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Buffalo BillsEntering 5th NFL season
Buffalo BillsEntering 5th NFL season
