Junior linebacker for Vanderbilt. 2022: 7 tackles.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Kansas City, MO
The story
3 linebacker for Vanderbilt. 2022: 7 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTommy Eckels
He has spent two seasons in the Vanderbilt linebacker corps. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Elon — Week 1, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Vanderbilt, 8 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Clark Lea — 7-17 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022
W 42–31
vs Elon
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
Edged out Elon at home in a shootout.
With M. Wright — 245 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.0 · 84 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD · M. Hayball — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 49 AVG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-10@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 42-31vs Elon | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 25-45vs Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-28@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-55@ Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |