Player Dossier

2008-2009

UTEP

Melvin Stephenson II

DB • 5'10" • Grand Prairie, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Melvin Stephenson II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Melvin Stephenson II built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a defensive back from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Melvin Stephenson II's career was his...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.8111

South Grand Prairie · Grand Prairie, TX

Committed To
UTEP
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Melvin Stephenson II, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · UTEP. Melvin Stephenson II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Melvin Stephenson II quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 4 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
SMU
Recruit profile
3-star · South Grand Prairie · UTEP
High school pipeline
South Grand Prairie · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 4 · Class 2009

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonUTEP20-0--073.3
2009 Regular SeasonUTEP20-0--173.3

Related Context

Melvin Stephenson II played DB for UTEP. Across 2 tracked seasons, Melvin Stephenson II recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

UTEP paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 1. Marshall: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

20 vs Marshall

Result
Sat 11/28vs MarshallW 52-211
Sat 9/26@ TexasL 7-641

Player Story

Melvin Stephenson II story

Melvin Stephenson II built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a defensive back from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Melvin Stephenson II's career was his defensive production: 4 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. That gives Melvin Stephenson II's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2008-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonUTEP220
2009 Regular SeasonUTEP2200

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 12 · W 36-10 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 8 · L 35-77 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Marshall

Week 13 · W 52-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 4 · L 7-64

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · UTEP

2 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2009 Regular Season · UTEP

73.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games