Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016USC
John Plattenburg
DB • 5'11" • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
John Plattenburg shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
John Plattenburg built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with USC. The clearest part of John Plattenburg's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
John Plattenburg, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · USC. John Plattenburg shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 3
Quick Answers
John Plattenburg quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · DB
- Career Tackles
- 3
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lamar · USC
- High school pipeline
- Lamar · 39 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DB 695th (top 85%) · Pac-12 352nd (top 66%) · National 3,812th (top 68%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
Related Context
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John Plattenburg played DB for USC. Across 3 tracked seasons, John Plattenburg recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
USC paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · USC
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game by game trend chart. California: 0. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Notre Dame
Player Story
John Plattenburg story
John Plattenburg built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 24, spending time with USC. The clearest part of John Plattenburg's career was his defensive production: 3 tackles and 2 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. That gives John Plattenburg's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
USC
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arizona
Week 10 · W 38-30 · 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
@ Arizona State
Week 4 · W 42-14 · 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.
#3
vs Notre Dame
Week 13 · W 45-27
0
Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
#4
vs California
Week 9 · W 45-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · USC
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · USC
38.1
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · USC
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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