Denzel Irvin: DB · Charlotte · #6.
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Denzel Irvin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Charlotte secondary. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Massachusetts — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-10vs Fordham | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-45vs App State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-25vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-49@ Massachusetts | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 7-28@ UAB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-14vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-42vs Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 21 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 34-10
vs Fordham
5 tackles · 3 pass breakups · 1 solo tackle
Dominant 24-point win at home against Fordham.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL28 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Brad Lambert — 10-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brad Lambert
Pass share
36.8%
301 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
68.2
12 games
Team sack rate
10.5%
332 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Charlotte, 75 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brad Lambert.
