Chance Purvis: DL · East Carolina · #46.
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Chance Purvis
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The two seasons at East Carolina span two head coaches: Scottie Montgomery and Mike Houston. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Navy — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | East Carolina | 51 | 27 | 12.0 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 17 | 8 | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 68 | 35 | 15.5 | 4.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-34@ NC State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-9vs Gardner-Webb | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-42@ Navy | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 19-7vs William & Mary | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Old Dominion | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 6 | L 17-27vs Temple | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-41@ UCF | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-45vs South Florida | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 43-46vs No. 17 Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 51-59@ No. 23 SMU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24@ UConn | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-49vs Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 27 | 12.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%12 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
10%5 hurries51 tackles · 12 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
50.4%
451 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
74.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
51 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
