Tavin Ward
South Florida Bulls
91
Elite

Tavin Ward

South Florida BullsAverage
FSDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Tavin Ward is the projected starter at FS for South Florida Bulls.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'1", 197 lbs

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Depth at FS · South Florida Bulls

  1. 1291Tavin WardStarter
  2. 2985Israel Boyce
  3. 32467Amari Jones

South Florida Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the American

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Up next for South Florida

South Florida plays East Carolina away on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 2-star recruit out of Duplicate, ranked #11 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 60 tackles, 1 INT, 2 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit2★ · #11 Natl3-Yr Total159 tacklesTeam Share6%Percentile84th
Fort Myers, FL
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR
Height
6'1"
Weight
197 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20256012
20246133
20233828

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7883
National Rank
#11
High School
Duplicate
Hometown
Columbia, SC

Why this rating?

On a 86-rated defense; 84th-percentile production (×0.86 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
86
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 75% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.86)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WUABTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 30-10

Oct 17WKENTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 29-2

Oct 8LUTSATKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-24

Oct 3LTEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-13

Sep 26WBGSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 14-6

Sep 19WDSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-17

Sep 12WARMYTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-24

Sep 5WFIUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 19-9

Tavin Ward's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

60 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement75%
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