Baylen Buchanan: DB · Louisiana Tech.
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Baylen Buchanan
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Skip Holtz. The first career honor came in 2021: All-Conference USA. On tape: 8 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | Louisiana Tech | 47 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Tennessee | 49 | 31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Tennessee | 20 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 120 | 86 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-35@ Mississippi State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42vs SE Louisiana | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-39vs SMU | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34@ No. 23 NC State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-19@ UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-45vs No. 24 UTSA | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ Old Dominion | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-52@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-32vs Charlotte | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-35vs Southern Miss | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL47 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
52.0%
411 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
65.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #363 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Tennessee and Louisiana Tech, 120 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Skip Holtz.
