Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Fresno State
DeShawn Potts
DB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Monrovia, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DeShawn Potts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
25
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Fresno State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
DeShawn Potts built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Monrovia, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of DeShawn Potts' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
DeShawn Potts, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State. DeShawn Potts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
DeShawn Potts quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Fresno State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Monrovia · Fresno State
- High school pipeline
- Monrovia · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · DB 512th (top 64%) · Mountain West 241st (top 45%) · National 2,691st (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Fresno State | 12 | 59 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Fresno State | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 13.4 |
Related Context
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DeShawn Potts played DB for Fresno State. Across 4 tracked seasons, DeShawn Potts recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Fresno State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Fresno State paired 6 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.9 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: San José State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Fresno State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
12.9
Usage
1.9
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Washington: 0. Nevada: 0. San José State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 2 by 8.3. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs San José State
Player Story
DeShawn Potts story
DeShawn Potts built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Monrovia, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of DeShawn Potts' career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 6 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Fresno State. 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 DeShawn Potts' production has multiple signals. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Fresno State.
The arc is straightforward: DeShawn Potts 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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Fresno State
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Fresno State | 6 | 25.5 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Fresno State | 1 | 12.9 | 1.9 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Toledo
Week 3 · L 17-52
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#2
@ San José State
Week 6 · W 27-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#3
vs San José State
Week 13 · L 14-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Nebraska
Week 1 · L 10-43
1
Havoc Plays
46.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Hawai'i
Week 12 · L 13-14 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
30 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 30 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Fresno State
6 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 4.1 usage
42.7
#2
2017 Regular Season · Fresno State
13.4
1 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 1.9 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Fresno State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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