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Player Dossier
2022-2025Georgia Tech
E.J. Lightsey
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Fitzgerald, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
E.J. Lightsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
72
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia • Georgia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
E.J. Lightsey built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Fitzgerald, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia and Georgia Tech. The clearest part of E.J. Lightsey's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
E.J. Lightsey, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech. E.J. Lightsey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 103
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
E.J. Lightsey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 103
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Fitzgerald · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Fitzgerald · 7 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 76 tackles · LB 132nd (top 11%) · ACC 24th (top 4%) · National 192nd (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 9 | 17 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 40.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 12 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 12 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 48.4 |
Related Context
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E.J. Lightsey played LB for Georgia and Georgia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, E.J. Lightsey recorded 103 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Georgia Tech paired 3 primary output with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Georgia Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
28.9
Usage
7.1
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 1. Colorado: 0. Gardner-Webb: 0. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Duke: 0. Syracuse: 0. NC State: 2. Boston College: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia: 0
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. BYU: 6 by 35. Colorado: 3 by 12.5. Gardner-Webb: 4 by 16.7. Clemson: 10 by 41.7. Wake Forest: 8 by 33.3. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 7 by 29.2. Syracuse: 6 by 25. NC State: 8 by 53.3. Boston College: 6 by 25. Pittsburgh: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 12 by 50
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 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
NC State
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | @ BYU | L 21-25 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Georgia10+ tackles | L 9-16 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Pittsburgh | L 28-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Boston College | W 36-34 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ NC StateSplash game | L 36-48 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Syracuse | W 41-16 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Duke | W 27-18 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Virginia Tech | W 35-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Wake Forest | W 30-29 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Clemson10+ tackles | W 24-21 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Gardner-Webb | W 59-12 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Colorado | W 27-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
E.J. Lightsey story
E.J. Lightsey built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Fitzgerald, GA wearing No. 2, spending time with Georgia and Georgia Tech. The clearest part of E.J. Lightsey's career was his defensive production: 103 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives E.J. Lightsey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Georgia
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Georgia Tech
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | 5.6 | 1.6 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 3 | 14 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 3 | 14 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 3 | 28.9 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 3 | 28.9 | 7.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 55 NC State
Week 10 · L 36-48 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Vanderbilt
Week 1 · L 27-35 · Postseason
1.5
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#3
vs NC State
Week 13 · W 30-29 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 34 Clemson
Week 3 · W 24-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 18 BYU
Week 1 · L 21-25 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Georgia Tech
3 primary output · 28.9 efficiency · 7.1 usage
48.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
48.4
3 primary · 28.9 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Georgia Tech
40.5
3 primary · 14 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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