Player Dossier

2014-2018

Georgia Southern

Ian Bush

NT • 6'0" • 275 lbs • Port Charlotte, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ian Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Ian Bush built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a nose tackle from Port Charlotte, FL wearing No. 95, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Ian Bush's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7833

Port Charlotte · Port Charlotte, FL

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Ian Bush, NT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Georgia Southern. Ian Bush shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
28
TFL
3
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Ian Bush quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · NT
Career Tackles
28
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 11 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Top game
Georgia State
Recruit profile
2-star · Port Charlotte · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Port Charlotte · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 95 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
27 tackles · NT 7th (top 27%) · Sun Belt 123rd (top 27%) · National 1,542nd (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern11-0--036.4
2018 PostseasonGeorgia Southern103-0--047.5
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern1024321-047.5

Related Context

Ian Bush played NT for Georgia Southern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ian Bush recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Georgia Southern paired 6 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

17.3

Usage

7.5

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 0. South Carolina State: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Texas State: 0. New Mexico State: 0. App State: 1. UL Monroe: 0. Troy: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Georgia State: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina State: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 18.3. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. App State: 7 by 39.2. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. Troy: 3 by 12.5. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 4 by 56.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 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

Georgia State

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Georgia State

Result
Sat 12/15@ Eastern MichiganW 23-2130000
Sat 11/24@ Georgia State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 35-1442220
Sat 11/17@ Coastal CarolinaW 41-1720000
Sat 11/10vs TroyL 21-3530000
Sat 11/3@ UL MonroeL 25-4430000
Thu 10/25vs App StateW 34-1473100
Sat 10/20@ New Mexico StateW 48-3111000
Thu 10/11@ Texas StateW 15-1310000
Sat 9/8vs MassachusettsW 34-1321000
Sat 9/1vs South Carolina StateW 37-610000

Player Story

Ian Bush story

Ian Bush built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a nose tackle from Port Charlotte, FL wearing No. 95, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Ian Bush's career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Ian Bush's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia Southern

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern04.20.60
2018 PostseasonGeorgia Southern617.37.56
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern617.37.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia State

Week 13 · W 35-14 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

vs App State

Week 9 · W 34-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Massachusetts

Week 2 · W 34-13

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Havoc Plays

47.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

#4

@ UL Monroe

Week 10 · L 25-44 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

12.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 1 · W 23-21 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

11.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Georgia Southern

6 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage

47.5

#2

2018 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

47.5

6 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games