Lawrence Austin: DB · Georgia Tech · #20.
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Lawrence Austin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the Georgia Tech secondary to date. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Duke — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | 56 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 47 | 31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | 3 |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 103 | 73 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 41-42vs No. 25 Tennessee | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Jacksonville State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-17vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-7vs North Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-25@ No. 11 Miami | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-24vs Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24@ No. 7 Clemson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 36-40@ Virginia | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-22vs No. 17 Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-43@ Duke | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 7-38vs No. 7 Georgia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 42 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 2 · 2017
W 37-10
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 27-point win at home against Jacksonville State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL56 tackles · 2 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Paul Johnson — 28-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Johnson
Pass share
15.9%
119 pass / 629 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Team sack rate
13.8%
145 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
56 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Tech, 103 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Johnson.
