Langston Patterson is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Vanderbilt.
Patterson is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Vanderbilt. A game that shows it: 11 tackles against Auburn — Week 11, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 69 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 78 | 39 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 74 | 38 | 8.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 226 | 107 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Charleston Southern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7@ No. 11 South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-21vs Georgia State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-35vs Utah State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-30@ No. 10 Alabama | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs No. 10 LSU | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-10vs No. 15 Missouri | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-34@ No. 20 Texas | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-38vs Auburn | 11 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-24@ No. 18 Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-34vs Iowa | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups69 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
4 seasons under Clark Lea — 24-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
50.4%
400 pass / 394 run
Plays / game
61.1
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #427 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #58 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Clark Lea.
