Linebacker, USC, 2015–⁠18

Porter Gustin

Number: No. 45
Height: 6′5″
Weight: 255 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: Elk Ridge, UT
Born: Feb 8, 1997

Porter Gustin played linebacker at USC (2015–⁠18).

13tackles, career highat Utah, 2016 2sacks, career highthree times; last at Texas, 2018

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2016	USC	68	43	13	5.5	4	1
2017	USC	16	9	3	3	0	0
2018	USC	28	18	10	7	1	3
Career		112	70	26	15.5	5	4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2015	USC	45	OLB	Fr.
2016	USC	45	OLB	So.
2017	USC	45	OLB	Jr.
2018	USC	45	OLB	Sr.	6′5″	255

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2018 USC 6 games, 28 tackles, 7 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.UNLV	W 43–⁠21	3	2	1.5	1.5	0
Sep 8	atStanford	L 3–⁠17	5	1	1	0	0
Sep 15	atTexas	L 14–⁠37	7	5	3	2	1
Sep 21	vs.Washington State	W 39–⁠36	4	3	1	1	0
Sep 29	atArizona	W 24–⁠20	3	3	1	1	0
Oct 13	vs.Colorado	W 31–⁠20	6	4	2.5	1.5	0

2017 USC 4 games, 16 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 2	vs.Western Michigan	W 49–⁠31	7	6	1	1
Sep 9	vs.Stanford	W 42–⁠24	4	0	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Texas	W 27–⁠24	4	2	2	2
Oct 28	atArizona State	W 48–⁠17	1	1	0	0

2016 USC 13 games, 68 tackles, 5.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 3	vs.Alabama	L 6–⁠52	9	8	1.5	1	0
Sep 10	vs.Utah State	W 45–⁠7	6	3	2	1	0
Sep 17	atStanford	L 10–⁠27	4	2	0	0	0
Sep 23	atUtah	L 27–⁠31	13	6	1	0	0
Oct 1	vs.Arizona State	W 41–⁠20	2	1	1	0	0
Oct 8	vs.Colorado	W 21–⁠17	5	4	0	0	1
Oct 15	atArizona	W 48–⁠14	3	3	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.California	W 45–⁠24	1	0	0.5	0	0
Nov 5	vs.Oregon	W 45–⁠20	4	2	1.5	0	2
Nov 12	atWashington	W 26–⁠13	5	4	2	2	1
Nov 19	atUCLA	W 36–⁠14	4	4	1	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Notre Dame	W 45–⁠27	8	3	1.5	1.5	0
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Penn State	W 52–⁠49	4	3	1	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2019	Combine or pro day 2019
Height	6′4½″
Weight	255 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	10″
40-yard dash	4.69 s
10-yard split		1.63 s
Vertical jump	35½″
Broad jump	9′11″
Bench press	31 reps
3-cone drill		6.97 s
20-yard shuttle		4.22 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2019	Cleveland Browns	6	13	1
2020	Cleveland Browns	11	29	0
2021	Cleveland Browns	5	7	0
NFL career		22	49	1

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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