Gio Paez: DT · LSU · #99.
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Gio Paez
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for four head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, Luke Fickell and Brian Kelly. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against USC — Week 1, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-27vs No. 23 USC | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Nicholls | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-33@ South Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-17vs UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-10vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 29-26vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-38@ No. 14 Texas A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-42vs No. 11 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 44-31vs Baylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2024
W 29-26
vs Ole Miss
0.5 sacks · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
15%3 hurries20 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
59.2%
533 pass / 368 run
Plays / game
69.3
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
556 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #150 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Wisconsin and LSU, 57 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, Luke Fickell and Brian Kelly.
