Senior outside linebacker for USC. 2018: 28 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7 sacks.
6′5″ · 255 lb · Elk Ridge, UT
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 41 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 outside linebacker for USC. 2018: 28 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7 sacks.
Porter Gustin
Third year in the USC linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 7 tackles, 3 TFL against Texas — Week 3, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 112 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 26-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (94th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2018 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018
W 39–36
4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Edged out Washington State at home in a shootout.
With R. Budrovich — 39 AVG · 50 LONG · 5 NO · V. Jones Jr. — 2 rec · 48 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-21vs UNLV | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-17@ Stanford | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-37@ Texas | 7 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 39-36vs Washington State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20@ Arizona | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-20vs Colorado | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 28 | 18 | 10.0 | 7.0 | — | 1 |