#28

John Lamot

Senior linebacker for Boston College. 2020: 21 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

LB · Boston College · Sr. · #28

6′0″ · 230 lb · Graham, NC

Boston College 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 2051 nationally · Signed with Boston College

Statement game17 tackles · 0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacksvs Wake Forest (FBS) · L 24-27

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Boston College. 2020: 21 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boston College, 195 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2016

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Eastern Alamance

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2051 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

2 coaches

2017–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#749 / 2211 · 54th pct

Solo tackles#1016 / 2211 · 53rd pct

Tackles#1273 / 2211 · 41st pct

Tackles for loss#1366 / 2211 · 31st pct

1.0

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

0.0

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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road4g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Boston College	21	15	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Boston College	77	47	4.5	1.0	2	--	--
2018	Boston College	34	20	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Boston College	63	32	6.0	1.0	--	1	--
Career		195	114	12.5	2.0	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2020

W 34–27

vs Louisville

5 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With T. Levy — 23 rush yds (12 car) · P. Jurkovec — 203 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 20 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 26-6@ Duke	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 24-21vs Texas State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Pittsburgh	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Virginia Tech	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-27vs Georgia Tech	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 16-13@ Syracuse	4	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 31-45vs Notre Dame	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-27vs Louisville	5	4	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 14	L 32-43@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		21	15	1.0	—	1

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

2016

2020 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays