Education
Tartt attended Davidson High School in Mobile, Alabama. Tartt attended Samford from 2010 to 2014.
Tartt attended Davidson High School in Mobile, Alabama. Tartt attended Samford from 2010 to 2014.
He played college football at Samford. Tartt played basketball in high school and did not starting playing football until his senior season. Despite playing football for one season, he committed to Samford University to play college football.
After redshirting as a freshman, he saw his first action in 2011.
As a redshirt sophomore in 2012, he became a starter and remained throughout his senior season. Foreign his career he had 277 tackles and six interceptions.
Tartt was the first player from Samford to be selected to play in the Senior Bowl. Tartt was selected with the 46th pick in the 2015 NFL draft, by the San Francisco 49ers.
This makes Tartt the highest drafted Samford player in school history.
As a rookie, Tartt took over as starting safety after Antoine Bethea was put on the season ending injured reserve. He recorded his first career interception in Week 14 when he picked off Johnny Manziel in the second quarter. By the end of the 2015 season, Tartt had recorded 52 solo tackles, 2 sacks, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble, and 3 passes defensed.
NFL stats
Key
General Practice: games played
COMB: combined tackles
TOTAL: total tackles
Air Service Training: assisted tackles
SACK: sacks
FF: forced fumbles
First Revision: fumble recoveries
First Revision YDS: fumble return yards
INT: interceptions
International Rectifier YDS: interception return yards
AVG International Rectifier : average interception return
Liquefied Natural Gas: longest interception return
Territorial Decoration: interceptions returned for touchdown.
