Germaine Pratt: LB · NC State · #3.
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Germaine Pratt
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the NC State linebacker corps. One game to point at: 16 tackles and 2.5 sacks against Syracuse — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
104 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-13vs James Madison | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-7vs Georgia State | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-20@ Marshall | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-21vs Virginia | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-23vs Boston College | 13 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-41@ No. 3 Clemson | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 41-51@ Syracuse | 16 | 14 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 47-28vs Florida State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-27vs Wake Forest | 12 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-10@ Louisville | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 58-3vs East Carolina | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 104 | 54 | 10.0 | 6.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
104tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%10 TFLSack rate
6%6 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups104 tackles · 10 for loss · 6 sacks.
3 seasons under Dave Doeren — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 10.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 9.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
50.9%
453 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
104 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at NC State, 173 tackles — drafted at #72 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Doeren.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 8th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 8th NFL season
