Austin Teague: DB · East Carolina · #20.
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Austin Teague
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the East Carolina secondary. On tape: 7 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | East Carolina | 22 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 28 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-64vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-61vs No. 18 South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-63@ No. 22 UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-17vs BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-20vs Cincinnati | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-70@ No. 17 Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL22 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
58.0%
541 pass / 391 run
Plays / game
77.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
571 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 28 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
