Garret Fountain: DL · San Diego State · #39.
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Garret Fountain
Wins the gap play after play. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at San Diego State since. On tape: 5 tackles against Nevada, Week 8, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 2 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | San Diego State | 39 | 26 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2022 | San Diego State | 39 | 22 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2021 | San Diego State | 19 | 14 | 6.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2020 | San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 99 | 64 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs Ohio | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 36-28vs Idaho State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-35vs UCLA | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 9-26@ No. 16 Oregon State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34vs Boise State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-49@ Air Force | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-34@ Hawai'i | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-6vs Nevada | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-32vs Utah State | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-22@ Colorado State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-24@ San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 33-18vs Fresno State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 26 | 4.0 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Week 1 · 2023
W 36-28
vs Idaho State
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Idaho State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
10%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksHurry rate
8%3 hurries39 tackles · 4 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Brady Hoke — 27-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brady Hoke
Pass share
41.7%
318 pass / 445 run
Plays / game
63.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
336 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
39 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #108 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at San Diego State, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
