Usage / Role
69%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018USC
Porter Gustin
OLB • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Elk Ridge, UT, USA
High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence
Porter Gustin shows a high-volume tackler profile with 52.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
94
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Porter Gustin built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an outside linebacker from Elk Ridge, UT wearing No. 45, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Porter Gustin's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Porter Gustin, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · USC. Porter Gustin shows a high-volume tackler profile with 52.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 112
- TFL
- 26
- Sacks
- 15.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Porter Gustin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Salem Hills · USC
- High school pipeline
- Salem Hills · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 45 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · OLB 11th (top 46%) · Pac-12 136th (top 27%) · National 1,501st (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | USC | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 70.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 13 | 64 | 12 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 70.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 46.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 6 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 78 |
Related Context
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Porter Gustin played OLB for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Porter Gustin recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
USC paired 21 primary output with 52.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 52.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · USC
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
3.5
Efficiency
52.8
Usage
19.6
Consistency
69.8
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 3. Stanford: 3. Texas: 6. Washington State: 2. Arizona: 2. Colorado: 5
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. UNLV: 3 by 42.5. Stanford: 5 by 50.8. Texas: 7 by 79.2. Washington State: 4 by 36.7. Arizona: 3 by 32.5. Colorado: 6 by 75
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins3 · Games = 4 · -1.5 vs Losses
Losses4.5 · Games = 2 · +1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 10/14 | vs ColoradoSplash game | W 31-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/30 | @ ArizonaSplash game | W 24-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Washington StateSplash game | W 39-36 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/16 | @ Texas2+ sacks · Splash game | L 14-37 | 7 | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ StanfordSplash game | L 3-17 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs UNLVSplash game | W 43-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Porter Gustin story
Porter Gustin built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an outside linebacker from Elk Ridge, UT wearing No. 45, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Porter Gustin's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with USC. 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 Porter Gustin's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.
The arc is straightforward: Porter Gustin 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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USC
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | USC | 23.5 | 39.6 | 13.6 | 23.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 23.5 | 39.6 | 13.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 6 | 31.7 | 11 | -17.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | USC | 21 | 52.8 | 19.6 | 15 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas
Week 3 · L 14-37
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Washington
Week 11 · W 26-13 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 7 · W 31-20 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Texas
Week 3 · W 27-24
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Notre Dame
Week 13 · W 45-27
3
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · USC
21 primary output · 52.8 efficiency · 19.6 usage
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#2
2016 Postseason · USC
70.1
23.5 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 13.6 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · USC
70.1
23.5 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 13.6 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
13
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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