Lane Ecton: LB · Georgia Southern · #7.
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Lane Ecton
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Georgia Southern: Tyson Summers and Chad Lunsford. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Georgia State — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 2 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 22 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 35 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2017 | Georgia Southern | 18 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 75 | 34 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-55@ No. 6 LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-18vs Maine | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-37vs Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-7vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21@ No. 20 App State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 51-29vs UL Monroe | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-10vs Georgia State | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 16-23vs Liberty | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Week 8 · 2019
W 30-27
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%3 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksPD rate
9%2 pass breakups22 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
19.2%
155 pass / 652 run
Plays / game
62.1
13 games
Team sack rate
14.2%
190 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 75 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
