Chase Alford: LB · Georgia Tech · #48.
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Chase Alford
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the Georgia Tech linebacker corps. On tape: 6 tackles against Georgia Southern, Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 33 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-14vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-10vs Mercer | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-26vs No. 5 Clemson | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-35vs No. 14 Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-37@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-24vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 38-35vs Duke | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-48@ No. 18 North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-17vs Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-27@ Georgia | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 33-18vs Kentucky | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 24 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups33 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Paul Johnson — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Johnson
Pass share
21.0%
159 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
58.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.7%
181 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Tech, 33 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Johnson.
