Isaiah Buggs: DL · Alabama · #49.
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Isaiah Buggs
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two seasons in the Alabama defensive front to date. First career honor, 2018: All-SEC. On tape: 7 tackles and 4 tackles for loss against Texas A&M, Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs Louisville | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 57-7vs Arkansas State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 62-7@ Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-23vs No. 22 Texas A&M | 7 | 3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 56-14vs Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 65-31@ Arkansas | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-10vs Missouri | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 58-21@ Tennessee | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 29-0@ No. 4 LSU | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-0vs No. 18 Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 50-17vs The Citadel | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-21vs Auburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-28vs No. 4 Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 45-34vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 16-44vs No. 2 Clemson | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 24 | 14.0 | 10.0 | — | 3 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 45-23
vs Texas A&M
3.5 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 22-point win at home against Texas A&M.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%14 TFLSack rate
19%10 sacksHurry rate
12%6 hurries52 tackles · 14 for loss · 10 sacks.
2 seasons under Nick Saban — 27-2 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
43.8%
438 pass / 563 run
Plays / game
66.7
15 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Two seasons at Alabama, 12 sacks — drafted at #192 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 8th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 8th NFL season
