Eugene Asante: LB · Auburn · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Eugene Asante
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Alabama — Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Auburn | 44 | 31 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Auburn | 86 | 55 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 23 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 24 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | North Carolina | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 189 | 119 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-3vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-21vs California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-19vs New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-24vs Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-27vs No. 21 Oklahoma | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31@ No. 5 Georgia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21@ No. 19 Missouri | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 24-10@ Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-17vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 43-41vs No. 15 Texas A&M | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28@ No. 13 Alabama | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 31 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups44 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
48.0%
368 pass / 399 run
Plays / game
63.9
12 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-4% solo-tackle rate, top-2% hurry rate.2024 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #299 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at North Carolina and Auburn, 189 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Mack Brown, Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams and Hugh Freeze.
