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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Pittsburgh
Avonte Maddox
DB • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Detroit, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Avonte Maddox shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Villanova
Player Story
Avonte Maddox built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 14, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Avonte Maddox's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 125
- NFL Team
- Philadelphia Eagles
Avonte Maddox, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Avonte Maddox shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 19
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Avonte Maddox quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · DB
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Villanova
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bishop Alemany
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Alemany · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 4 · Pick 25 · Philadelphia Eagles
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DB 333rd (top 42%) · ACC 172nd (top 29%) · National 1,546th (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 11.2 |
| 2016 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 10 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 71.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 42 | 8 | 2.5 | - | 6 | 2 | 71.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 9 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 63.8 |
Related Context
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Avonte Maddox played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 4 tracked seasons, Avonte Maddox recorded 8 rushing yards, 76 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Pittsburgh paired 22 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 42.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Villanova
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
42.4
Usage
9.5
Consistency
65.5
Best Game by takeover score
Villanova
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 3.5. Villanova: 5. Penn State: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 2. North Carolina: 2. Marshall: 3. Georgia Tech: 0. Miami: 1. Clemson: 3. Duke: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 7 by 64.2. Villanova: 5 by 70.8. Penn State: 5 by 25.8. Oklahoma State: 6 by 45. North Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Marshall: 4 by 46.7. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 2 by 18.3. Clemson: 11 by 75.8. Duke: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.3 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 4 · -0.1 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
Villanova
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs Clemson
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/28 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | L 24-31 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs DukeSplash game | W 56-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Clemson10+ tackles · Splash game | W 43-42 | 11 | 9 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Miami | L 28-51 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Georgia Tech | W 37-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs MarshallSplash game | W 43-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | L 36-37 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Oklahoma StateSplash game | L 38-45 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Penn State | W 42-39 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Villanova2+ sacks · Splash game | W 28-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Avonte Maddox story
Avonte Maddox built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Detroit, MI wearing No. 14, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Avonte Maddox's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 8 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 rushing yards and 486 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Avonte Maddox's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Pittsburgh
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 3 | 7.5 | — | 3 |
| 2016 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 22 | 42.4 | 9.5 | 19 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 22 | 42.4 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 22 | 35.8 | 8.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Villanova
Week 1 · W 28-7
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami
Week 13 · W 24-14 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Clemson
Week 11 · W 43-42 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Duke
Week 8 · W 24-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Rice
Week 5 · W 42-10
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Pittsburgh
22 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage
71.7
#2
2016 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
71.7
22 primary · 42.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
63.8
22 primary · 35.8 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
12
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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