Troy Pride Jr.: CB · Notre Dame · #5.
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Troy Pride Jr.
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Four seasons in the Notre Dame secondary to date. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Virginia — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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 | Notre Dame | 40 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 46 | 36 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 20 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 12 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 118 | 86 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-17@ Louisville | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-14vs New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-23@ No. 3 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs No. 18 Virginia | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 52-0vs Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs USC | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-45@ No. 19 Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-20vs Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-7@ Duke | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-20vs No. 21 Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ Stanford | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 33-9vs Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
Week 11 · 2019
W 38-7
at Duke
1 interception · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 31-point win on the road against Duke.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this season40 tackles · 6 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 37-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
47.4%
416 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 118 tackles — drafted at #113 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 7th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 7th NFL season
