Victor Heyward: LB · Georgia State · #37.
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Victor Heyward
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Georgia State since. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against App State — Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Georgia State | 34 | 23 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 70 | 41 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | Georgia State | 48 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Georgia State | 37 | 22 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 189 | 108 | 16.5 | 5.5 | 8 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 31-34vs No. 19 Louisiana | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-29vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 52-59@ Arkansas State | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 36-34@ Troy | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-51vs No. 20 Coastal Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-34vs UL Monroe | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-17@ App State | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 30-24vs Georgia Southern | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
34tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%3 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups34 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 22-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Elliott
Pass share
41.4%
307 pass / 435 run
Plays / game
82.4
9 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia State, 189 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shawn Elliott.
