Patrick Surtain II: DB · Alabama · #2.
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Patrick Surtain II
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the Alabama secondary. The first one came in 2020: All-America (Consensus). On tape: 6 tackles against Ole Miss, Week 6, 2020.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 9 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 38-19@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 52-24vs No. 13 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 63-48@ Ole Miss | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-24vs No. 3 Georgia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-17@ Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-0vs Mississippi State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 63-3vs Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-13vs No. 22 Auburn | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 55-17@ LSU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 16 | W 52-46vs No. 11 Florida | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 29 | 16 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 |
Week 8 · 2020
W 48-17
at Tennessee
1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles · 3 pass breakups
Dominant 31-point win on the road against Tennessee.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
31%11 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%4 TFL35 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 11 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Nick Saban — 38-3 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
47.6%
424 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
80.9
11 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
458 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
First team on every major selector list.
Selector Grid · 2020
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Career, closed
Gone at #9 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 114 tackles, a Unanimous All-American season (2020) — drafted at #9 overall by the Denver Broncos.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2020)
Named to 9 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 6th NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 6th NFL season
