Aaron Sterling: LB · South Carolina · #15.
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Aaron Sterling
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for two head coaches at South Carolina: Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. On tape: 5 tackles against Texas A&M, Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 27 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 40 | 19 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 15 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 23 | 12 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| Career | 114 | 63 | 20.5 | 12.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ East Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-16vs Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-14vs Troy | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45@ Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-44@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 40-17vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-30vs Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%4 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups27 tackles · 4 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
44.1%
360 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #541 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Carolina, 114 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, and Shane Beamer. Multi-era developmental context.
