Willie Yarbary: DL · Wake Forest · #48.
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Willie Yarbary
Wins the gap play after play. Third year in the Wake Forest defensive front. On tape: 7 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Louisville, Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 54 | 34 | 11.0 | 5.5 | -- |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 31 | 15 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 21 | 13 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Career | 106 | 62 | 21.0 | 12.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-17@ Tulane | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-20vs Towson | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-41vs Boston College | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-56vs No. 8 Notre Dame | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-24vs Rice | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-63vs No. 4 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-38@ Florida State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-35@ Louisville | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 24-41vs No. 22 Syracuse | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-23@ No. 22 NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-34vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 59-7@ Duke | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
 Bowl | W 37-34vs Memphis | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 54 | 34 | 11.0 | 5.5 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2018
W 59-7
at Duke
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 52-point win on the road against Duke.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%11 TFLSack rate
10%6 sacksHurry rate
6%3 hurries54 tackles · 11 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Dave Clawson — 22-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
41.6%
441 pass / 620 run
Plays / game
81.6
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
479 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
54 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wake Forest, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Clawson.
