#17

Lance Austin

Defensive back on Georgia Tech's 2017 roster.

DB · Georgia Tech · #17

5′10″ · 188 lb · Barnesville, GA

Georgia Tech 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive back on Georgia Tech's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 89 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

Played his entire career under Paul Johnson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 17-19 over that span.

2015Georgia Tech3-9HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2016Georgia Tech9-4HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Georgia Tech5-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (81st percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#281 / 2682 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#483 / 2682 · 81st pct

Tackles#980 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Tackles for loss#1340 / 2682 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road4g	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.2	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Georgia Tech	39	35	2.0	0.0	5	--	--
2016	Georgia Tech	50	39	0.0	0.0	12	3	1
2015	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		89	74	2.0	0.0	17	3	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 28–22

vs Virginia Tech

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With T. Marshall — 140 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 36.1 · 64 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD · B. Stewart — 1 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week