Triston Wade

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Triston Wade
No. 38
Position: Free safety
Personal information
Born: (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31)
Tyler, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school: Tyler
(Tyler, Texas)
College: UTSA (2011–2014)
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards

Triston Wade (born May 19, 1993) is a former American football free safety. He signed with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent after the 2015 NFL draft. He played in college for UTSA.

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Early life

Wade was born on May 19, 1993, in Tyler, Texas. He attended Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas. In 2010 he earned Second-Team Class 4A All-State and First-Team All-East Texas honors after having 122 tackles, six interceptions, and a pair of forced fumbles. [1] [2] He was also named the District 14-4A Defensive Most Valuable Player. [3]

College career

In 2011, Wade's true freshman season, he played in all ten games, earning starts in four of them. He had 39 tackles, two interceptions, and three fumbles forced on the season. In 2012, Wade played and started all twelve games for the Roadrunners. He earned First-Team All-WAC honors after ending the season tied for the team lead with four interceptions. He finished the season with 74 tackles, four interceptions, and eleven pass breakups. In the season opener he forced a fumble on a kickoff return and also had an interception alongside a career-high eleven tackles in the season opener against the South Alabama Jaguars. After that performance he earned WAC Defensive Player of the Week and an honorable mention for the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week. [4]

In 2013, Wade was voted as a team captain and was named to the Second-Team All-C-USA team. [5] On the year he had 94 total tackles, which is good enough for second in UTSA history, he also had two interceptions and seven pass breakups. He had both of his interceptions in a game against Tulsa, with one of them being returned 82 yards for a touchdown.

In 2014, Wade's senior season, he was once again named a team captain. He started all eleven games for the team with a team-leading 81 tackles, four interceptions, and thirteen pass breakups. He was one of fifteen Jim Thorpe Award semifinalists. [6] He finished his career as UTSA's all-time leader in tackles (288), pass breakups (34), interceptions (12), forced fumbles (8), and fumble recoveries (6). [7]

Statistics

SeasonGamesStats
GPSOLOASTTOTTFLSACKINTPDFFFRBLK
UTSA Roadrunners
2011 102316391020100
2012 1245297410411420
2013 125440942027000
2014 124739860.50414120
Career [8] 461451122573.501233540

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
5 ft 11+7⁄8 in
(1.83 m)		185 lb
(84 kg)		31+1⁄4 in
(0.79 m)		9 in
(0.23 m)		4.57 s1.54 s2.69 s4.20 s7.33 s35+1⁄2 in
(0.90 m)		10 ft 1 in
(3.07 m)		7 reps
All values from pro day [9]

On May 8, 2015, Wade signed with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) after going undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft. [10] He was waived on August 31, 2015. [11]

Personal life

He is the son of Yu-Tandrain Smith and the late Reginald Wade. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Old Coach 2010 All East Texas Team". smoaky.com. January 6, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  2. ↑ "60th Annual Texas Sports Writers Association's Class 4A All-State Football Team". wacotrib.com. February 4, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  3. ↑ Askeland, Kevin. "Texas 4A All-District Football Teams". maxpreps.com. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ "C-USA Player Spotlight: UTSA OL Scott Inskeep and S Triston Wade". conferenceusa.com. July 8, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Trio of Roadrunners named second-team All-Conference USA by Athlon Sports". goutsa.com. June 20, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tyler's Wade semifinalist for Jim Thorpe Award". tylerpaper.com. October 27, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Triston Wade". goutsa.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Triston Wade". espn.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Triston Wade, DS #37 FS, Texas-San Antonio". draftscout.com. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Seahawks Sign 2015 NFL Draft Picks, Undrafted Free Agents | Seattle Seahawks". Seahawks.com. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ Kelly, Danny (August 31, 2015). "Seahawks roster cuts 2015: Seattle releases Lemuel Jeanpierre, waive Greg Scruggs, others". www.fieldgulls.com. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Triston Wade Bio – goUTSAcom: Official website of the University of Texas at San Antonio Athletics Department". Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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