Stepheny Durham: DB · Georgia Tech · #8.
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Stepheny Durham
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the same secondary at Georgia Tech. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Clemson — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | 30 | 25 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Georgia Tech | 35 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| Career | 65 | 53 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 41-42vs No. 25 Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-10vs Jacksonville State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-17vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-7vs North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-25@ No. 11 Miami | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-24vs Wake Forest | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24@ No. 7 Clemson | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 28-22vs No. 17 Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-43@ Duke | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-38vs No. 7 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 25 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 5 · 2017
W 33-7
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 26-point win at home against North Carolina.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
17%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL30 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Paul Johnson — 14-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Johnson
Pass share
15.9%
119 pass / 629 run
Plays / game
68.0
11 games
Team sack rate
13.8%
145 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Georgia Tech, 65 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Johnson.
