John Battle: S · LSU · #26.
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John Battle
Erases the deep middle of the field. The four seasons at LSU span two head coaches: Les Miles and Ed Orgeron. On tape: 10 tackles against Florida, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 0 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 · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-17vs No. 8 Miami | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 22-21@ No. 7 Auburn | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-21vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-16vs Ole Miss | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-27@ No. 22 Florida | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 36-16vs No. 2 Georgia | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 19-3vs No. 22 Mississippi State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 40-32vs No. 7 UCF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL39 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
41.9%
389 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at LSU, 139 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
