K'Lavon Chaisson: LB · LSU · #18.
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K'Lavon Chaisson
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the LSU linebacker corps. The first career honor came in 2019: All-SEC. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Alabama — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
60 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 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
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3vs Georgia Southern | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-38@ No. 9 Texas | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-6vs Utah State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-28vs No. 7 Florida | 8 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 36-13@ Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-20vs No. 9 Auburn | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 46-41@ No. 2 Alabama | 10 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 58-37@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-20vs Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 50-7vs Texas A&M | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 37-10vs No. 4 Georgia | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 63-28vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 42-25vs No. 3 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | 34 | 13.5 | 6.5 | — | 2 |
Bowl · 2019
W 63-28
vs Oklahoma · neutral site
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 35-point win at a neutral site against Oklahoma.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
60tackles this seasonTFL rate
22%14 TFLSack rate
11%6 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups60 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 34-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
53.4%
567 pass / 494 run
Plays / game
70.7
15 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
609 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at LSU, 92 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #20 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ed Orgeron.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 7th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 7th NFL season
