Matt Gahm: LB · Virginia · #56.
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Matt Gahm
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the Virginia linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Virginia Tech — Week 15, 2020.
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
38 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Duke | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-41@ No. 1 Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-38vs NC State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-40@ Wake Forest | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-19@ No. 11 Miami | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-17vs Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-15vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 43-32vs Boston College | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 15-33@ Virginia Tech | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 38 | 21 | 6.5 | 4.0 | — | 2 |
Week 14 · 2020
W 43-32
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Boston College at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
17%6 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups38 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 28-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
51.3%
378 pass / 359 run
Plays / game
73.7
10 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
409 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia, 85 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 29 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bronco Mendenhall.
