Tra Fluellen: S · Middle Tennessee · #17.
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Tra Fluellen
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Middle Tennessee since. Named All-Conference USA two seasons running, most recently in 2023. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Missouri — Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 3 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 2.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 64 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 98 | 54 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 29 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 191 | 110 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 10 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-56@ No. 4 Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-23@ Missouri | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 35-14vs Murray State | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-31vs Colorado State | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-31@ Western Kentucky | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-45vs Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-23vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 35-42@ Liberty | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-13@ New Mexico State | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-6vs Florida International | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 64 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL64 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rick Stockstill
Pass share
53.6%
438 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
471 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #51 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Middle Tennessee, 191 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rick Stockstill.
