Triston Wade (born May 19, 1993) is a former

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. He signed with the

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of the

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(NFL) as an

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after the

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. He played in college for UTSA.

Early life

Wade was born on May 19, 1993, in

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. He attended

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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. He was also named the District 14-4A Defensive Most Valuable Player.

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

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. After that performance he earned WAC Defensive Player of the Week and an honorable mention for the

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Defensive Back of the Week. In 2013, Wade was voted as a team captain and was named to the Second-Team All-

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team. 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

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, 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

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semifinalists. 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).

Statistics

Professional career

On May 8, 2015, Wade signed with the

of the

(NFL) after going undrafted in the

. He was waived on August 31, 2015.

Personal life

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

References

External links

UTSA Roadrunners bio

247 bio

Maxpreps bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Triston Living people American football safeties Seattle Seahawks players 1993 births Players of American football from Tyler, Texas UTSA Roadrunners football players