Ernest Bagner: DE · Florida Atlantic · #95.
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Ernest Bagner
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the same defensive front at Florida Atlantic. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Marshall — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 26 | 13 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 3 |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 13 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Career | 39 | 22 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-63@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-26vs Air Force | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 36-56@ No. 16 UCF | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-25@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-33vs Old Dominion | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-31@ Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-21vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-14@ Florida International | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-15vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 13 | 7.0 | 4.0 | — | 3 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 33-26
vs Air Force
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
15%4 sacksTFL rate
27%7 TFLHurry rate
8%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
67%4 of 6 pressures26 tackles · 7 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Lane Kiffin — 16-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
39.1%
371 pass / 577 run
Plays / game
79.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida Atlantic, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
