Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 245 lb · Eden Prairie, MN
Carter Coughlin: LB · Minnesota · #45.
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Carter Coughlin
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Carter Coughlin has been at Minnesota through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Penn State — Week 11, 2019.
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
49 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs South Dakota State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35@ Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-32vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Purdue | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-10vs Maryland | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-26vs No. 5 Penn State | 8 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 19-23@ No. 23 Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-22@ Northwestern | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-38vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-24@ No. 9 Auburn | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 29 | 9.5 | 4.5 | — | 4 |
Week 11 · 2019
W 31-26
vs Penn State
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%10 TFLSack rate
9%4 sacksPD rate
8%4 pass breakups49 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
37.2%
322 pass / 544 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Minnesota, 152 tackles — drafted at #218 overall by the New York Giants.
His career
He has a stat line in 46 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 7th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 7th NFL season
