Ephraim Kitchen: CB · Georgia Southern · #23.
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Ephraim Kitchen
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Skip Holtz and Chad Lunsford. On tape: 4 tackles against UL Monroe, Week 5, 2020.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 | Georgia Southern | 20 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 31 | 24 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Career | 67 | 50 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 18-20@ No. 19 Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-30@ UL Monroe | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-0vs Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ No. 25 Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-13vs Troy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-38vs Texas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-3vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 26-34vs App State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 7 · 2020
W 41-0
0.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 41-point win at home against Massachusetts.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
20tackles this season20 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
21.5%
172 pass / 628 run
Plays / game
66.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.2%
196 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Louisiana Tech and Georgia Southern, 67 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 22 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2020
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Skip Holtz and Chad Lunsford.
