Player Dossier

2016-2021

Texas Tech

Eric Monroe

DB • 5'11" • 205 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Eric Monroe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

43%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
LSU • Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Eric Monroe built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with LSU and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Eric Monroe's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9729

North Shore · Houston, TX

Committed To
LSU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Eric Monroe, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Texas Tech. Eric Monroe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
163
TFL
9.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Eric Monroe quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · DB
Career Tackles
163
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 35 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Texas Tech
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
4-star · North Shore · LSU
High school pipeline
North Shore · 69 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
82 tackles · DB 20th (top 3%) · Big 12 9th (top 2%) · National 164th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonLSU11-0--036.4
2017 Regular SeasonLSU614-0-2014
2018 Regular SeasonLSU00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonLSU51-0--013.2
2019 Regular SeasonLSU5610--013.2
2020 Regular SeasonTexas Tech105950-2050.5
2020 Regular SeasonLSU100-0--050.5
2021 PostseasonTexas Tech133-0--057.9
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech13793.5012057.9

Related Context

Eric Monroe played DB for LSU and Texas Tech. Across 6 tracked seasons, Eric Monroe recorded 163 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Texas Tech paired 8.5 primary output with 32.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Texas Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Texas Tech

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

32.5

Usage

7

Consistency

40.9

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 1. Houston: 1. Stephen F. Austin: 1. Florida International: 0. Texas: 0.5. West Virginia: 0. TCU: 0. Kansas: 1. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Iowa State: 1. Oklahoma State: 0.5. Baylor: 2.5

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 3 by 22.5. Houston: 5 by 30.8. Stephen F. Austin: 4 by 26.7. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 8 by 38.3. West Virginia: 6 by 25. TCU: 5 by 20.8. Kansas: 3 by 22.5. Kansas State: 11 by 45.8. Oklahoma: 8 by 33.3. Iowa State: 7 by 39.2. Oklahoma State: 8 by 38.3. Baylor: 13 by 75

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

75 vs Baylor

Result
Tue 12/28vs Mississippi StateW 34-7330010
Sat 11/27@ Baylor10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-271352.5000
Sun 11/21vs Oklahoma StateL 0-23830.5000
Sat 11/13vs Iowa StateW 41-3875001
Sat 10/30@ OklahomaL 21-5284000
Sat 10/23vs Kansas State10+ tacklesL 24-25115000
Sat 10/16@ KansasW 41-1432001
Sat 10/9vs TCUL 31-5252000
Sat 10/2@ West VirginiaW 23-2064000
Sat 9/25@ TexasL 35-70840.5000
Sat 9/18vs Florida InternationalW 54-2111000
Sat 9/11vs Stephen F. AustinW 28-2244000
Sat 9/4@ HoustonW 38-21530010

Player Story

Eric Monroe story

Eric Monroe built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with LSU and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Eric Monroe's career was his defensive production: 163 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Texas 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 Eric Monroe's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU and Texas Tech.

The arc is straightforward: Eric Monroe 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    LSU

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas Tech

    2020-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201920192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonLSU04.20.6
2017 Regular SeasonLSU213.11.72
2018 Regular SeasonLSU0-2
2019 PostseasonLSU17.83.21
2019 Regular SeasonLSU17.83.20
2020 Regular SeasonTexas Tech731.66.16
2020 Regular SeasonLSU731.66.10
2021 PostseasonTexas Tech8.532.571.5
2021 Regular SeasonTexas Tech8.532.570

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 13 · L 24-27 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Oklahoma

Week 9 · L 28-62 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Northwestern State

Week 3 · W 65-14

1

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 14 · W 16-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Auburn

Week 7 · W 27-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Texas Tech

8.5 primary output · 32.5 efficiency · 7 usage

57.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Texas Tech

57.9

8.5 primary · 32.5 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Texas Tech

50.5

7 primary · 31.6 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games