Wylan Free: DB · Georgia Southern · #5.
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Wylan Free
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for four head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, Lee Marks and Clay Helton. On tape: 10 tackles against Old Dominion, Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | Georgia Southern | 77 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 16 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 18 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 64 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | Fresno State | 18 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 193 | 118 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Morgan State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42@ Nebraska | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-35@ UAB | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-23vs Ball State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Coastal Carolina | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-41@ Georgia State | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-38vs No. 25 James Madison | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-23@ Old Dominion | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Louisiana | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-23vs Marshall | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-48vs App State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 77 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 13 · 2022
W 51-48
vs App State
6 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 5 solo tackles
Edged out App State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL77 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
62.4%
610 pass / 367 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Team sack rate
1.1%
614 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2022
77 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Fresno State and Georgia Southern, 193 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer and Clay Helton.
