#95

Ian Bush

Senior nose tackle for Georgia Southern. 2018: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

NT · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #95

6′0″ · 275 lb · Port Charlotte, FL

Georgia Southern 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2227 nationally · Signed with Georgia Southern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 nose tackle for Georgia Southern. 2018: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia Southern in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Georgia Southern, 28 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Georgia Southern2-star out of Port Charlotte

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2227 national

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2018

2 coaches

2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

2018

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Tackles#1504 / 2662 · 42nd pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2286 / 2662 · 12th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Georgia Southern	27	7	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Georgia Southern	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		28	7	3.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 34–14

vs App State

7 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL

With M. Bauerle — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · S. Werts — 57 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 129 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 37-6vs South Carolina State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 34-13vs Massachusetts	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 15-13@ Texas State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 48-31@ New Mexico State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 34-14vs App State	7	3	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	L 25-44@ UL Monroe	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 21-35vs Troy	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 41-17@ Coastal Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 35-14@ Georgia State	4	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Bowl	W 23-21@ Eastern Michigan	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		27	7	3.0	2.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays