Torren McGaster: CB · Vanderbilt · #5.
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Torren McGaster
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Three seasons in the Vanderbilt secondary to date. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Georgia — Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 10 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 57 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2015 | Vanderbilt | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 57 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-13vs South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-24vs Middle Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-38@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-30@ Western Kentucky | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 6-13vs No. 23 Florida | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-20@ Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-16@ Georgia | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-17vs Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-23@ No. 11 Auburn | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-26@ Missouri | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-17vs Ole Miss | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-34vs No. 24 Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 17-41vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 39 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 |
Week 4 · 2016
W 31-30
9 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 1 hurry
Edged out Western Kentucky on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
57tackles this season57 tackles · 3 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Derek Mason — 13-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
44.2%
390 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
67.9
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
439 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
57 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Vanderbilt, 57 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
