#43

Auggie Sanchez

Linebacker for South Florida. 2017: 84 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · South Florida · #43

6′2″ · 245 lb · St. Petersburg, FL

South Florida 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 2314 nationally · Signed with South Florida

Statement game14 tackles · 3 TFL · 1 sackvs Tulsa (FBS) · W 27-20

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for South Florida. 2017: 84 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to South Florida in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Florida, 201 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with South Florida2-star out of Northeast

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2314 national

CFB

College

South Florida

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2017

Charlie Strong

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014South Florida4-8HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#161 / 2682 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#162 / 2682 · 93rd pct

10.0

Solo tackles#217 / 2682 · 92nd pct

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

Interceptions#144 / 795 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.3	1.3	0.3	0.2
Road5g	5.6	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.7	0.8	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	7.6	1.0	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	South Florida	84	46	10.0	2.0	2	2	--
2016	South Florida	117	67	8.0	6.0	3	1	--
2014	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		201	113	18.0	8.0	5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 31–17

vs Stony Brook

1 TFL · 12 TOT · 4 SOLO

With J. Hernandez — 46 AVG · 63 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Flowers — 186 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.7 · 67 rush yds (18 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-22@ San José State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 1	W 31-17vs Stony Brook	12	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 43-7vs Temple	6	3	3.0	1.0	—	1	3.0 TFL
Wk 5	W 61-31@ East Carolina	10	6	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 33-3vs Cincinnati	6	5	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	W 34-28@ Tulane	9	6	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-28vs Houston	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 37-20@ UConn	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 27-20vs Tulsa	14	8	3.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 13	L 42-49@ UCF	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 38-34vs Texas Tech	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		84	46	10.0	2.0	2	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2013

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays