Avery Showell: DB · Georgia Tech · #13.
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Avery Showell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Georgia Tech: Paul Johnson and Geoff Collins. On tape: 7 tackles against Clemson, Week 7, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia Tech | 24 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 43 | 33 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 16-13@ Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-49vs No. 14 UCF | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 20-37@ Syracuse | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 46-27vs Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-73vs No. 1 Clemson | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-48@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-31vs No. 4 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-33vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 24 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL24 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Geoff Collins
Pass share
41.1%
281 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
68.4
10 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 43 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Johnson → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
