Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Georgia Tech
Step Durham
DB • 5'11" • 194 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Step Durham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Georgia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
Player Story
Step Durham built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Step Durham's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Georgia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Step Durham, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. Step Durham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Step Durham quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
- Top game
- North Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Atlantic Coast · Georgia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Atlantic Coast · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DB 303rd (top 38%) · ACC 158th (top 27%) · National 1,426th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 11 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 11 | 29 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 54 |
Related Context
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Step Durham played DB for Georgia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Step Durham recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Georgia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Georgia Tech paired 8 primary output with 21.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
21.5
Usage
4.7
Consistency
55.5
Best Game by takeover score
North Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Jacksonville State: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. North Carolina: 2. Miami: 0. Wake Forest: 2. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Duke: 1. Georgia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 4 by 26.7. Pittsburgh: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 2 by 28.3. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 5 by 40.8. Clemson: 8 by 33.3. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Carolina
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Georgia | L 7-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Duke | L 20-43 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Virginia Tech | W 28-22 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Clemson | L 10-24 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | W 38-24 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Miami | L 24-25 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | W 33-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Pittsburgh | W 35-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Jacksonville State | W 37-10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tue 9/5 | vs Tennessee | L 41-42 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Step Durham story
Step Durham built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of Step Durham's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Georgia Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Step Durham's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Step Durham moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Georgia Tech
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Georgia Tech | 6 | 18.7 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 6 | 18.7 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 8 | 21.5 | 4.7 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Carolina
Week 5 · W 33-7 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 8 · W 38-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Boston College
Week 1 · W 17-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Kentucky
Week 1 · W 33-18 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
43.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Jacksonville State
Week 2 · W 37-10
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Havoc Plays
41.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
8 primary output · 21.5 efficiency · 4.7 usage
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#2
2016 Postseason · Georgia Tech
32.5
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
32.5
6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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