Player Dossier

2016-2019

Minnesota

Carter Coughlin

LB • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Eden Prairie, MN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carter Coughlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Carter Coughlin built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Eden Prairie, MN wearing No. 45, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Carter Coughlin's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9566

Eden Prairie · Eden Prairie, MN

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 4
Overall
No. 218
NFL Team
New York Giants

Carter Coughlin, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Minnesota. Carter Coughlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
152
TFL
39
Sacks
22
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4
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2019 · Minnesota · Player Highlight

Carter Coughlin college highlights at Minnesota.

Season
2019
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Carter Coughlin quick answers

Latest team and position
Minnesota · LB
Career Tackles
152
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Minnesota
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
4-star · Eden Prairie · Minnesota
High school pipeline
Eden Prairie · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 7 · Pick 4 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 45 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
49 tackles · LB 325th (top 26%) · Big Ten 74th (top 12%) · National 695th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonMinnesota9411--034.6
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota92031--034.6
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota123711.56.51-057.9
2018 PostseasonMinnesota122-0--074.7
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota12401491-074.7
2019 PostseasonMinnesota135-0--064.1
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota13449.54.524064.1

Related Context

Carter Coughlin played LB for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carter Coughlin recorded 152 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Minnesota paired 24 primary output with 34.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 34.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

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

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2018 Postseason · Minnesota

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

34.6

Usage

16.3

Consistency

64.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 0. New Mexico State: 2. Fresno State: 1.5. Miami (OH): 4. Maryland: 2. Iowa: 2. Ohio State: 5. Nebraska: 2. Indiana: 2.5. Illinois: 3. Purdue: 0. Northwestern: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 2 by 28.3. Fresno State: 4 by 31.7. Miami (OH): 3 by 52.5. Maryland: 2 by 28.3. Iowa: 4 by 36.7. Ohio State: 7 by 79.2. Nebraska: 1 by 24.2. Indiana: 6 by 50. Illinois: 3 by 42.5. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.7 · Games = 6 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Ohio State

Result
Wed 12/26@ Georgia TechW 34-1022000
Sat 11/17vs NorthwesternL 14-2452000
Sat 11/10vs PurdueW 41-1033000
Sat 11/3@ IllinoisSplash gameL 31-5533200
Sat 10/27vs IndianaSplash gameW 38-31641.5010
Sat 10/20@ NebraskaSplash gameL 28-5311110
Sat 10/13@ Ohio State2+ sacks · Splash gameL 14-3075320
Sat 10/6vs IowaSplash gameL 31-4843110
Sat 9/22@ MarylandSplash gameL 13-4222110
Sat 9/15vs Miami (OH)2+ sacks · Splash gameW 26-333220
Sat 9/8vs Fresno StateW 21-14421.5000
Thu 8/30vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 48-1022110

Player Story

Carter Coughlin story

Carter Coughlin built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Eden Prairie, MN wearing No. 45, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Carter Coughlin's career was his defensive production: 152 tackles, 39 tackles for loss, 22 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 10 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Carter Coughlin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Minnesota

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonMinnesota617.85.2
2016 Regular SeasonMinnesota617.85.20
2017 Regular SeasonMinnesota1928.710.413
2018 PostseasonMinnesota2434.616.35
2018 Regular SeasonMinnesota2434.616.30
2019 PostseasonMinnesota2031.110.6-4
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota2031.110.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 7 · L 14-30 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Penn State

Week 11 · W 31-26 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Purdue

Week 6 · L 17-31 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 8 · W 42-7 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Minnesota

24 primary output · 34.6 efficiency · 16.3 usage

74.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · Minnesota

74.7

24 primary · 34.6 efficiency · 16.3 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Minnesota

64.1

20 primary · 31.1 efficiency · 10.6 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

21

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games