Vontarius West: LB · Florida International · #29.
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Vontarius West
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. On tape: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Charlotte, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Florida International | 27 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Career | 27 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-34vs Indiana | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-41vs Maryland | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-21@ Massachusetts | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-53vs UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-31vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-21@ UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-26@ Charlotte | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 24-44vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-42vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackPD rate
7%2 pass breakups27 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ron Turner
Pass share
49.1%
407 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
69.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
452 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Florida International, 27 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ron Turner.
