#13

P.J. Blue

Junior linebacker for Louisville. 2018: 38 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

LB · Louisville · Jr. · #13

6′3″ · 230 lb · Jemison, AL

Louisville 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 489 nationally · Signed with Louisville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 linebacker for Louisville. 2018: 38 tackles, 2 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Louisville, 38 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2016

Signed with Louisville3-star out of Park Crossing

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#489 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

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)

Solo tackles#778 / 2662 · 70th pct

Tackles#1009 / 2662 · 61st pct

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road4g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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	Louisville	38	26	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		38	26	2.0	0.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 31–7

vs Indiana State

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against Indiana State.

With M. King — 46 AVG · 64 LONG · 6 NO · M. Cunningham — 75 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.5 · 54 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week