Trayshon Foster: S · Northern Illinois · #11.
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Trayshon Foster
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons at Northern Illinois span two head coaches: Rod Carey and Thomas Hammock. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 10, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 50 | 23 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 42 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 23 | 22 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 26 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 141 | 89 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-10vs Illinois State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-35@ No. 13 Utah | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 18-24@ Vanderbilt | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-27vs Ball State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 39-36@ Ohio | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-27@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-0vs Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-48@ Central Michigan | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-28@ Toledo | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-45vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-14vs Western Michigan | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 23 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Week 7 · 2019
W 39-36
at Ohio
0.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Edged out Ohio on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%4 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL50 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
45.7%
370 pass / 440 run
Plays / game
67.5
12 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
400 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 141 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Thomas Hammock. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
