#11

David Long Jr.

Former linebacker at West Virginia. 2018: 99 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

LB · West Virginia · Jr. · #11

5′11″ · 221 lb · Cincinnati, OH

Tennessee — drafted 2019, Rd 6, Pick 15, #188 overall

The story

Former linebacker at West Virginia. 2018: 99 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

Drafted round 6 by the Tennessee in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at West Virginia, 237 tackles — drafted at #188 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2019

Drafted by Tennesseeround 6, pick 188

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

West Virginia

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #188

Tennessee · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 8th NFL season

#188Rd 6 · Pick 15

TennesseeEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 25-13 over that span.

2016West Virginia10-3HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2017West Virginia7-6HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

2018West Virginia8-4HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#11 / 2662 · 100th pct

Tackles for loss#25 / 2662 · 99th pct

16.5

Tackles#68 / 2662 · 97th pct

Sacks#80 / 2662 · 97th pct

6.0

Passes defended#374 / 2662 · 83rd pct

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	8.0	1.8	1.0	0.8
Road6g	9.8	1.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.5	1.4	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	7.2	1.6	1.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	West Virginia	99	70	16.5	6.0	4	--	--
2017	West Virginia	75	55	15.5	3.5	6	--	--
2016	West Virginia	63	35	4.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		237	160	36.5	11.5	10	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 42–41

at Texas

10 TOT · 6 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Texas on the road in a shootout.

With W. Grier — 346 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (2 car) · K. McKoy — 94 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week