Trae Meadows: DB · Western Kentucky · #7.
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Trae Meadows
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 5 tackles against BYU — Week 9, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 27 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 30 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | NC State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 61 | 44 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 9 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 21-35@ Louisville | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 24-30vs Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-37@ UAB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-41@ No. 11 BYU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 6-10@ Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 10-7vs Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-21vs Florida International | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 37-19@ Charlotte | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFL27 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
49.3%
369 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
404 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons, at NC State and Western Kentucky, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2020
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Doeren and Tyson Helton.
