Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Georgia Tech
Lance Austin
DB • 5'10" • 188 lbs • Barnesville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lance Austin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Georgia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Lance Austin built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Barnesville, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Lance Austin's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Austin Peay
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Lance Austin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Georgia Tech. Lance Austin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 89
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 17
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Lance Austin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 89
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Georgia Tech
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Cherokee · Austin Peay
- High school pipeline
- Cherokee · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · DB 236th (top 30%) · ACC 119th (top 20%) · National 1,021st (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 13 | 47 | - | 0 | - | 12 | 2 | 57.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 10 | 39 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 42 |
Related Context
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Lance Austin played DB for Georgia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lance Austin recorded 89 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Georgia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Georgia Tech paired 15 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
23.3
Usage
5
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. North Carolina: 1. Miami: 2. Clemson: 0. Virginia: 1. Virginia Tech: 1. Duke: 1. Georgia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 7 by 39.2. Miami: 4 by 36.7. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Virginia Tech: 2 by 18.3. Duke: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 10 by 41.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Georgia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Georgia10+ tackles | L 7-38 | 10 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Duke | L 20-43 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Virginia Tech | W 28-22 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Virginia | L 36-40 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Clemson | L 10-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ MiamiSplash game | L 24-25 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs North Carolina | W 33-7 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Pittsburgh | W 35-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Jacksonville State | W 37-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 9/5 | vs Tennessee | L 41-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lance Austin story
Lance Austin built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Barnesville, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Lance Austin's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Georgia Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Lance Austin's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 43 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Lance Austin moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Georgia Tech
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 15 | 27.6 | 6.4 | 15 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 15 | 27.6 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 7 | 23.3 | 5 | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 12 · W 31-17 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
@ Pittsburgh
Week 6 · L 34-37 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 10 · L 36-40 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Miami
Week 7 · L 24-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 13 · W 28-27
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Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Georgia Tech
15 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
57.5
15 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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