#21

Tre Avery

Senior defensive back for Rutgers. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

DB · Rutgers · Sr. · #21

5′11″ · 180 lb · Baltimore, MD

CFB Index 30 · #244 of 321 cornersLow confidenceRutgers 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 795 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Rutgers. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 85 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Ohio State3-star out of Franklin

20209 games

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#795 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

3 coaches

2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

2019

Nunzio Campanile

Rutgers

era →

2020–2021

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Rutgers3-6HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #244 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1137 / 2743 · 57th pct

Tackles#1169 / 2743 · 56th pct

Tackles for loss#1640 / 2743 · 37th pct

1.5

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road6g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #244 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #244 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Rutgers	34	20	1.5	0.0	4	1	--
2020	Rutgers	31	21	2.5	0.0	6	1	--
2019	Rutgers	18	12	1.0	1.0	1	2	1
2018	Rutgers	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		85	55	5.0	1.0	11	4	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–13

vs Delaware

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 32-point win at home against Delaware.

With N. Vedral — 323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 15 rush yds (5 car) · A. Cruickshank — 10 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 61-14vs Temple	3	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 17-7@ Syracuse	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-13vs Delaware	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-20@ Michigan	2	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 13-52vs Ohio State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Michigan State	7	2	0.5	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 7	L 7-21@ Northwestern	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 20-14@ Illinois	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-52vs Wisconsin	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-3@ Indiana	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 0-28@ Penn State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 16-40vs Maryland	3	2	0.0	—	1
Total		34	20	1.5	1	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Tre Avery

2016

20209 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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