Austin Bryant: DE · Clemson · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Austin Bryant
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the Clemson defensive front. The first one came in 2017: All-America (FWAA). One game to point at: 5 tackles against Pittsburgh — Week 14, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 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.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Furman | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 28-26@ Texas A&M | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Georgia Southern | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 49-21@ Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-23vs Syracuse | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 63-3@ Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-7vs No. 16 NC State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 59-10@ Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 77-16vs Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-7@ No. 17 Boston College | 6 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 35-6vs Duke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-35vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-10vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-3vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 17 | 14.5 | 8.5 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2018
W 30-3
vs Notre Dame · neutral site
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 27-point win at a neutral site against Notre Dame.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
20%8 sacksTFL rate
35%14 TFLHurry rate
12%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
63%8 of 14 pressures42 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 41-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
47.3%
507 pass / 566 run
Plays / game
71.5
15 games
Team sack rate
3.2%
532 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
42 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Clemson, 19 sacks — drafted at #117 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 8th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 8th NFL season
