Last confirmed: South Carolina, 2021. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 245 lb · Atlanta, GA · Tucker
Aaron Sterling: LB · South Carolina · #15.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Aaron Sterling
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Aaron Sterling has been at South Carolina through two head coaches in five seasons. On tape: 5 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 27 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 40 | 19 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 15 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 23 | 12 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| Career | 114 | 63 | 20.5 | 12.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ East Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-16vs Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-14vs Troy | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45@ Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-44@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 40-17vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-30vs Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups27 tackles · 4 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
44.1%
360 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #541 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Carolina, 114 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 45 games over 5 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, and Shane Beamer. Multi-era developmental context.
