#47

Ty French

Former linebacker at West Virginia. 2024: 22 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · West Virginia · Sr. · #47

6′1″ · 225 lb · Moultrie, GA

CFB Index 24 · #491 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceWest Virginia 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1780 nationally · Signed with Gardner-Webb

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at West Virginia. 2024: 22 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Gardner-Webb in 2020.
Transferred from Gardner-Webb to West Virginia in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at West Virginia, 22 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Gardner-Webb3-star out of Colquitt County

202411 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1780 national

CFB

College

West Virginia

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

24Below cohort / limited sample #491 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#1216 / 2892 · 55th pct

2.5

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1748 / 2892 · 37th pct

Tackles#1833 / 2892 · 35th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th 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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

24 · #491 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #491 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	West Virginia	22	12	2.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		22	12	2.5	0.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 49–14

vs UAlbany

1 TFL · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 35-point win at home against UAlbany.

With G. Greene — 236 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 68 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaldson — 125 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 12-34vs Penn State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 49-14vs UAlbany	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 34-38@ Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 32-28vs Kansas	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Oklahoma State	5	3	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 16-28vs Iowa State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 18-45vs Kansas State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Arizona	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Cincinnati	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-21vs UCF	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 15-52@ Texas Tech	0	0	0.0	—	1
Total		22	12	2.5	—	1

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