Dorian Etheridge: LB · Louisville · #17.
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Dorian Etheridge
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons at Louisville span three head coaches: Bobby Petrino, Lorenzo Ward and Scott Satterfield. On tape: 8 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Western Kentucky, Week 2, 2020.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Louisville | 50 | 32 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Louisville | 70 | 45 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2018 | Louisville | 49 | 30 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Louisville | 83 | 40 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 252 | 147 | 24.5 | 4.5 | 12 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-21vs Western Kentucky | 8 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 34-47vs No. 17 Miami | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23@ No. 21 Pittsburgh | 7 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | L 27-46@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-12@ No. 4 Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-16vs Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-42vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-31@ Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-0vs Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-34@ Boston College | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-21vs Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 32 | 9.5 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%10 TFLSack rate
6%3 sacksPD rate
4%2 pass breakups50 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
43.0%
314 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
66.5
11 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisville, 252 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
