Chris Bacon: S · Bowling Green · #3.
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Chris Bacon
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Shawn Elliott and Scot Loeffler. On tape: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ohio, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 2 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 77 | 53 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | Georgia State | 20 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 28 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 33 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | Georgia State | 25 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| Career | 183 | 119 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-45@ UCLA | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 57-59vs Eastern Kentucky | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 34-31vs Marshall | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-45@ Mississippi State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-28@ Akron | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-38vs Buffalo | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-13vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-18@ Central Michigan | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 13-9vs Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-40vs Kent State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-35@ Toledo | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38@ Ohio | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 19-24vs New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 77 | 53 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%0 TFL77 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scot Loeffler
Pass share
52.2%
440 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
450 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
77 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Georgia State and Bowling Green, 183 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Shawn Elliott and Scot Loeffler.
