#48

Montavious Atkinson

Senior linebacker for Auburn. 2018: 41 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Auburn · Sr. · #48

6′1″ · 219 lb · Fairburn, GA

Auburn 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

ILB recruit

No. 273 nationally · Signed with Auburn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Auburn. 2018: 41 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Auburn, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Auburn4-star out of Langston Hughes

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#273 national

CFB

College

Auburn

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Gus Malzahn

Auburn

Played his entire career under Gus Malzahn.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 26-14 over that span.

2016Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2017Auburn10-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2018Auburn8-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Tackles#893 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

Solo tackles#1487 / 2662 · 43rd pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.0
Road4g	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Golesh

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Auburn	41	15	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2017	Auburn	42	16	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Auburn	30	22	4.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		113	53	7.0	1.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 28–24

vs Texas A&M

5 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With A. Siposs — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · J. Stidham — 239 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -15 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week