Terry Whittington: LB · Southern Miss · #47.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Terry Whittington
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against UAB — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 32 | 21 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Career | 32 | 21 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Alcorn State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 15-38@ Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-42@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-13vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-27vs North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-6@ Rice | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 37-2vs UAB | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 36-17@ UTSA | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-28vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-34@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 8.5 | 7.5 | — | 0 |
Week 1 · 2019
W 38-10
vs Alcorn State
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Alcorn State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
27%8 TFLSack rate
23%8 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups32 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
50.6%
438 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Southern Miss, 32 tackles — the college career is complete.
