LJ Early: DB · Fresno State · #27.
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LJ Early
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for three head coaches in three seasons at Fresno State. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Boise State, Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 8 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fresno State | 31 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 33 | 28 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 71 | 57 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Cal Poly | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 32-35vs Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-45@ No. 7 USC | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-19@ UConn | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-40@ Boise State | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 17-10vs San José State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 32-28vs San Diego State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-13vs Hawai'i | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 37-30@ UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-14@ Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-0vs Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 29-6vs Washington State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 31 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL31 tackles · 1 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Tedford
Pass share
51.0%
469 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
65.7
14 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
495 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Fresno State, 71 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Tedford → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
