Tre Avery: DB · Rutgers · #21.
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Tre Avery
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons at Rutgers span three head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile and Greg Schiano. First career honor, 2020: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan State — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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.
The Detroit News Oct 29
247Sports Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-14vs Temple | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-7@ Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-13vs Delaware | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ No. 19 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-52vs No. 11 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31vs No. 11 Michigan State | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 7-21@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-14@ Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-52vs Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-3@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28@ Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-40vs Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL34 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
44.3%
394 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
74.1
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
415 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #244 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Rutgers, 85 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.
