Walter Yates: LB · UCF · #27.
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Walter Yates
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the UCF linebacker corps. One game to point at: 13 tackles against Cincinnati — Week 10, 2023.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 48-14vs Villanova | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-44@ Kansas State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-36vs Baylor | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 29-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-41vs West Virginia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-26@ Cincinnati | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 45-3vs No. 15 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-24@ Texas Tech | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-13vs Houston | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-30vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 41 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups68 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 15-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
41.0%
365 pass / 526 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at UCF, 111 tackles — the college career is complete.
