Coastal Carolina · L 20-31
9 tackles, 2 for loss
The other 7 games average 5 tackles. This one was 4 above.
Coby Owens
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Georgia State since. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Coastal Carolina — Week 9, 2026.
44 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia State | 44 | 24 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Georgia State | 26 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 70 | 34 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 9 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 pass breakup.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs North Carolina A&T | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-17@ Kennesaw State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-44@ UCF | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-14vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-10vs Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 22-49@ James Madison | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 32-38@ Arkansas State | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31vs Coastal Carolina | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 44 | 24 | 7.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Oct. 31 · L 20-31 vs Coastal Carolina, play by play
9 tackles, including 2 more for loss, 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Against his own season: his best backfield disruption game of the season so far.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 7 tackles for loss, 1 of them a sack, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Georgia State’s defense played that day
Coastal Carolina’s 12 drives: 7 stopped (3 takeaways) · 5 scored. While the game was within a score they held 2 of 5. His pbu came with Georgia State up 3.
5 tackles, including 1 sack.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 2-yard loss on 3rd and 7. Fourth quarter, down 38-32.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
4 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 8 for him; the box score credits 7.
7 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
5 tackles, including 1 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 4 of his 5, sacks included.
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%7 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups44 tackles · 7 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Dell McGee — 5-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 7.0 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Pass share
45.6%
246 pass / 293 run
Plays / game
67.4
8 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
273 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #228 at the position.
2026 is in progress.
