Toyous Avery

Senior safety for West Virginia. 2018: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 42 tackles.

S · West Virginia · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 205 lb · Covington, GA

West Virginia 2018 alumnus

The story

4 safety for West Virginia. 2018: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 42 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 86 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

West Virginia

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-13 over that span.

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#648 / 2662 · 75th pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Tackles#857 / 2662 · 67th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road6g	3.3	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	42	29	3.0	1.0	1	2	--
2017	West Virginia	20	14	0.5	0.0	4	--	--
2016	West Virginia	24	21	1.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		86	64	4.5	1.0	9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 42–41

at Texas

4 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With W. Grier — 346 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (2 car) · K. McKoy — 94 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week