#49

Traver Vliem

Senior defensive end for Georgia Southern. 2019: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #49

6′4″ · 260 lb · Midland, TX

Georgia Southern 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Georgia Southern. 2019: 2.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

2 coaches

2017

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

2018–2019

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tyson Summers → Chad Lunsford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Georgia Southern2-10HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

2018Georgia Southern10-3HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#426 / 2688 · 83rd pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#551 / 2688 · 78th pct

5.5

Solo tackles#1173 / 2688 · 55th pct

Tackles#1210 / 2688 · 54th pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 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

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.8	0.8	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Georgia Southern	34	20	5.5	2.5	--	--	--
2018	Georgia Southern	16	6	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Georgia Southern	19	9	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		69	35	9.0	4.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2019

W 24–21

at App State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With A. Beck II — 38 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 44 LONG · W. Kennedy III — 145 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 3-55@ LSU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 26-18vs Maine	4	3	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 3	L 32-35@ Minnesota	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 24-37vs Louisiana	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	5	4	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 41-7vs New Mexico State	7	6	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 24-21@ App State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 51-29vs UL Monroe	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 33-38@ Arkansas State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 38-10vs Georgia State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 16-23vs Liberty	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		34	20	5.5	2.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays