Sophomore defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2019: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.
6′3″ · 258 lb · Stockbridge, GA
The story
2 defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2019: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKelton Dawson
Two seasons at Georgia Tech, two different head coaches: Paul Johnson and Geoff Collins. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Duke, Week 7, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Tech, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Johnson → Geoff Collins. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 26 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Tech | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 27 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2019
W 28–21
at Miami
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
With P. Harvin III — 41 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · J. Mason — 141 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 14-10vs South Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-27vs The Citadel | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 2-24@ Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-38vs North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-41@ Duke | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21@ Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-20vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-33@ Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.