5′10″ · 188 lb · Barnesville, GA
Lance Austin: DB · Georgia Tech · #17.
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Lance Austin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Georgia Tech. On tape: 10 tackles against Georgia, Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | 39 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 50 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 89 | 74 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 41-42vs No. 25 Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Jacksonville State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-17vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-7vs North Carolina | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-25@ No. 11 Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24@ No. 7 Clemson | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-40@ Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-22vs No. 17 Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-43@ Duke | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-38vs No. 7 Georgia | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Total | 39 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL39 tackles · 2 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 17-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Johnson
Pass share
15.9%
119 pass / 629 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Team sack rate
13.8%
145 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 89 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Paul Johnson.
