Dayon Pratt: OLB · East Carolina · #1.
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Dayon Pratt
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Tulsa — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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 | East Carolina | 61 | 34 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
| Career | 61 | 34 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs Western Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-30vs NC State | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-20@ South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-54@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-47vs UCF | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-38@ South Florida | 12 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 19-31@ Cincinnati | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-3vs UConn | 7 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 24-45@ Tulsa | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-37@ Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 34 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 4 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 33-30
vs NC State
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Edged out NC State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
61tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
7%4 pass breakups61 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
58.1%
552 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
79.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
594 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at East Carolina, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
