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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025USC
Eric Gentry
LB • 6'6" • 225 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric Gentry shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arizona State • USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
Eric Gentry built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 18, spending time with Arizona State and USC. The clearest part of Eric Gentry's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Arizona State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Eric Gentry, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · USC. Eric Gentry shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 252
- TFL
- 25
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 10
Quick Answers
Eric Gentry quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · LB
- Career Tackles
- 252
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · USC
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Neumann Goretti · Arizona State
- High school pipeline
- Neumann Goretti · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 71 tackles · LB 160th (top 13%) · Big Ten 34th (top 5%) · National 259th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Arizona State | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona State | 10 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | USC | 9 | 60 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 68.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | USC | 8 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 8 | 37 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 43.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | USC | 5 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 69.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 30 | 6.5 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 69.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 11 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 64.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arizona State to USC | P4 to P4 | 87.7 | Apr 21, 2022 |
Eric Gentry played LB for Arizona State and USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Eric Gentry recorded 252 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
USC paired 9.5 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 38.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arizona State, USC.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · USC
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
38.7
Usage
8.7
Consistency
46.4
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 0. Georgia Southern: 3. Purdue: 5. Michigan State: 2. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 1
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. Missouri State: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Southern: 10 by 71.7. Purdue: 8 by 83.3. Michigan State: 6 by 45. Illinois: 8 by 33.3. Michigan: 6 by 35. Notre Dame: 7 by 39.2. Nebraska: 8 by 33.3. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 7 by 29.2. UCLA: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 8 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs UCLA | W 29-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Oregon | L 27-42 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Iowa | W 26-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Nebraska | W 21-17 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Notre Dame | L 24-34 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Michigan | W 31-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Illinois | L 32-34 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | vs Michigan StateSplash game | W 45-31 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Purdue2+ sacks · Splash game | W 33-17 | 8 | 8 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Georgia Southern10+ tackles · Splash game | W 59-20 | 10 | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Missouri State | W 73-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Eric Gentry story
Eric Gentry built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 18, spending time with Arizona State and USC. The clearest part of Eric Gentry's career was his defensive production: 252 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Eric Gentry's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Arizona State
2021
Opening stop
- 2
USC
2022-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Arizona State | 9 | 27.7 | 6.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona State | 9 | 27.7 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | USC | 11.5 | 40.6 | 20.7 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | USC | 8 | 32.4 | 8 | -3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 8 | 32.4 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | USC | 9.5 | 46.5 | 18 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 9.5 | 46.5 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | USC | 13 | 38.7 | 8.7 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan
Week 4 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 90 Purdue
Week 3 · W 33-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Oregon State
Week 4 · W 17-14 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#4
@ California
Week 9 · W 50-49 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Arizona
Week 13 · W 38-15 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · USC
9.5 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 18 usage
69.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · USC
69.4
9.5 primary · 46.5 efficiency · 18 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · USC
68.4
11.5 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 20.7 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
14
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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