Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 16-35@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 55-17@ Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Luke Bussel
Senior safety on Virginia Tech's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 210 lb · Chesapeake, VA
Virginia Tech 2023 alumnus
The story
4 safety on Virginia Tech's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearLuke Bussel
Luke Bussel has been at Virginia Tech through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Virginia — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 3 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Virginia Tech
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coaches2021
J.C. Price
Virginia Tech
Coaching transition mid-career: J.C. Price → Brent Pry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Virginia Tech6-7HC: J.C. Price · Run-heavy
2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced
2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology