Chris Love: DB · East Carolina · #35.
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Chris Love
Erases the deep middle of the field. Two seasons in the East Carolina secondary to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Temple — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | East Carolina | 30 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 39 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs James Madison | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-56@ West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-64vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ UConn | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-61vs No. 18 South Florida | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-34vs Temple | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-63@ No. 22 UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-17vs BYU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-52@ Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-20vs Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-70@ No. 17 Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL30 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
58.0%
541 pass / 391 run
Plays / game
77.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
571 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 39 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
