Player Dossier

2018-2021

Baylor

Terrel Bernard

LB • 6'1" • 222 lbs • La Porte, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Terrel Bernard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

85%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

86

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Baylor

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Baylor
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Player Story

Terrel Bernard built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from La Porte, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Terrel Bernard's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8875

Aliquippa · Aliquippa, PA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 25
Overall
No. 89
NFL Team
Buffalo Bills

Terrel Bernard, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Baylor. Terrel Bernard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
317
TFL
31.5
Sacks
16.5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
1
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2021 · Baylor · Player Highlight

Terrel Bernard college highlights at Baylor.

Season
2021
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Terrel Bernard quick answers

Latest team and position
Baylor · LB
Career Tackles
317
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Baylor
Top game
TCU
Recruit profile
3-star · Aliquippa · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
Aliquippa · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 3 · Pick 25 · Buffalo Bills
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
103 tackles · LB 39th (top 4%) · Big 12 5th (top 2%) · National 45th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonBaylor103-0--031.9
2018 Regular SeasonBaylor104431--031.9
2019 PostseasonBaylor145-0--062.4
2019 Regular SeasonBaylor141079.54.552162.4
2020 Regular SeasonBaylor5556.53.512068.7
2021 PostseasonBaylor131722-1078.4
2021 Regular SeasonBaylor138610.55.553078.4

Related Context

Terrel Bernard played LB for Baylor. Across 4 tracked seasons, Terrel Bernard recorded 317 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Baylor.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Baylor paired 29 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 65.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Baylor

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

2.8

Efficiency

65.2

Usage

18

Consistency

61.2

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 6. West Virginia: 3. Texas: 4. TCU: 0. Iowa State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas: 8 by 83.3. West Virginia: 13 by 80. Texas: 19 by 90. TCU: 7 by 29.2. Iowa State: 8 by 43.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins6 · Games = 1 · +4 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 4 · -4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

90 vs Texas

Result
Sun 11/8@ Iowa StateL 31-3885100
Sat 10/31vs TCUL 23-3374000
Sat 10/24@ Texas10+ tackles · Splash gameL 16-27199211
Sat 10/3@ West Virginia10+ tackles · Splash gameL 21-2713100011
Sat 9/26vs Kansas2+ sacks · Splash gameW 47-14863.502.500

Player Story

Terrel Bernard story

Terrel Bernard built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from La Porte, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with Baylor. The clearest part of Terrel Bernard's career was his defensive production: 317 tackles, 31.5 tackles for loss, 16.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Terrel Bernard's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Baylor

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201820192019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonBaylor524.66.3
2018 Regular SeasonBaylor524.66.30
2019 PostseasonBaylor2246.11117
2019 Regular SeasonBaylor2246.1110
2020 Regular SeasonBaylor1465.218-8
2021 PostseasonBaylor2953.714.115
2021 Regular SeasonBaylor2953.714.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ TCU

Week 11 · W 29-23 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Ole Miss

Week 1 · W 21-7 · Postseason

5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#3

vs Kansas

Week 4 · W 47-14 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#4

vs West Virginia

Week 10 · W 17-14 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

92.2 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas State

Week 1 · W 29-20

4.5

Havoc Plays

90.8 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Baylor

29 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 14.1 usage

78.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · Baylor

78.4

29 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Baylor

68.7

14 primary · 65.2 efficiency · 18 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

17

Splash games

9

10+ tackle games