6′1″ · 180 lb · Selma, AL
Ernest Gunn: DB · Southern Miss · #29.
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Ernest Gunn
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Southern Miss secondary. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Troy — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
SuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 12Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 19 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 26 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs Alcorn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 15-38@ Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-42@ Troy | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-13vs UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-27vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-2vs UAB | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-17@ UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-30@ Tulane | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL19 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
3 seasons under Jay Hopson — 20-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Hopson
Pass share
50.6%
438 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
465 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 26 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jay Hopson.
