Will Ignont: LB · Western Kentucky · #23.
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Will Ignont
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Tyson Helton. First career honor, 2021: All-Conference USA. On tape: 9 tackles against Florida Atlantic, Week 13, 2022.
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
54 tackles. 3 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 54 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 52 | 32 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Tennessee | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Tennessee | 47 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Tennessee | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 177 | 84 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Austin Peay | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 49-17@ Hawai'i | 8 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-33@ Indiana | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 73-0vs Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Troy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-31@ UTSA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs UAB | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7@ Charlotte | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-10vs Rice | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-41@ Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 32-31@ Florida Atlantic | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 54 | 28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 13 · 2022
W 32-31
9 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Florida Atlantic on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%3 pass breakups54 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road7g | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
60.9%
620 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
72.7
14 games
Team sack rate
2.1%
605 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #420 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Tennessee and Western Kentucky, 177 tackles — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Tyson Helton.
