Justin Birdsong
Justin Birdsong
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Justin Birdsong has been at Georgia Southern through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Marshall, Week 12, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 96 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Whitley → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 44 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 50 | 28 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 53 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Justin Birdsong’s 2021 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Kendall Williamson's graduate season at Stanford (2022).
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