C.J. Avery: LB · Louisville · #9.
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C.J. Avery
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Louisville. On tape: 12 tackles against Wake Forest, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisville | 97 | 45 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 78 | 48 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | Louisville | 93 | 62 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2018 | Louisville | 52 | 29 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | Louisville | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 342 | 194 | 20.0 | 8.5 | 15 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-43vs Ole Miss | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-3vs Eastern Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-35vs UCF | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-23@ Florida State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-37@ No. 24 Wake Forest | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 33-34vs Virginia | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-14vs Boston College | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-28@ NC State | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-30vs Clemson | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-3vs Syracuse | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 62-22@ Duke | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-52vs Kentucky | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 39 | 6.5 | 3.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
97tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
3%3 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups97 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 8.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
46.5%
556 pass / 640 run
Plays / game
99.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
379 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
97 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #46 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisville, 342 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
