Last confirmed: West Virginia, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 221 lb · Cincinnati, OH
David Long Jr.: LB · West Virginia · #11.
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David Long Jr.
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Third year in the West Virginia linebacker corps. On tape: 15 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Texas Tech, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
99 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 16.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | West Virginia | 99 | 70 | 16.5 | 6.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | West Virginia | 75 | 55 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 63 | 35 | 4.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| Career | 237 | 160 | 36.5 | 11.5 | 10 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-14@ Tennessee | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-17vs Youngstown State | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-34@ No. 25 Texas Tech | 15 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 38-22vs Kansas | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-30@ Iowa State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-14vs Baylor | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-41@ No. 15 Texas | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 47-10vs TCU | 6 | 5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 3 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 12 | L 41-45@ Oklahoma State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 56-59vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 18-34@ No. 17 Syracuse | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 99 | 70 | 16.5 | 6.0 | — | 4 |
Week 11 · 2018
W 47-10
vs TCU
3 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 37-point win at home against TCU.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
99tackles this seasonTFL rate
17%16 TFLSack rate
6%6 sacksPD rate
4%4 pass breakups99 tackles · 16.5 for loss · 6 sacks.
3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 9.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 10.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
446 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
72.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
99 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at West Virginia, 237 tackles — drafted at #188 overall by the Tennessee Titans.
His career
He has a stat line in 32 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.
Where he ended up · NFL
Tennessee TitansEntering 8th NFL season
Tennessee TitansEntering 8th NFL season
