Porter Gustin: OLB · USC · #45.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Porter Gustin
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the USC linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Texas — Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 6 games
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| 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@ No. 10 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 No. 19 Colorado | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 28 | 18 | 10.0 | 7.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
36%10 TFLSack rate
25%7 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups28 tackles · 10 for loss · 7 sacks.
3 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 26-13 over that span.
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
Clay Helton
Pass share
51.6%
400 pass / 375 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
442 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 112 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Sarkisian → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
