Player Dossier

2014-2017

Navy

D.J. Palmore

OLB • 6'3" • 236 lbs • Bartlett, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

D.J. Palmore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Navy

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Navy
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

D.J. Palmore built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Bartlett, TN wearing No. 45, spending time with Navy. The clearest part of D.J. Palmore's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7633

Christian Brothers · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Navy
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

D.J. Palmore, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Navy. D.J. Palmore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
130
TFL
24
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

D.J. Palmore quick answers

Latest team and position
Navy · OLB
Career Tackles
130
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Navy
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
2-star · Christian Brothers · Navy
High school pipeline
Christian Brothers · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 45 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
75 tackles · OLB 2nd (top 4%) · American Athletic 26th (top 5%) · National 257th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonNavy00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNavy00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonNavy12311--072.5
2016 Regular SeasonNavy125210.5524072.5
2017 PostseasonNavy132-0--061.3
2017 Regular SeasonNavy137312.52.5-2061.3

Related Context

D.J. Palmore played OLB for Navy. Across 4 tracked seasons, D.J. Palmore recorded 130 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Navy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Navy paired 23.5 primary output with 37.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 37.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Navy

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

37.1

Usage

13.7

Consistency

35.7

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Tulane: 4. Cincinnati: 2. Tulsa: 0. Air Force: 4. Memphis: 1. UCF: 1. Temple: 1. SMU: 2. Notre Dame: 0. Houston: 1. Army: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 10 by 81.7. Cincinnati: 2 by 28.3. Tulsa: 5 by 20.8. Air Force: 6 by 65. Memphis: 8 by 43.3. UCF: 9 by 47.5. Temple: 6 by 35. SMU: 3 by 32.5. Notre Dame: 6 by 25. Houston: 8 by 43.3. Army: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs Tulane

Result
Thu 12/28vs VirginiaW 49-720000
Sat 12/9vs ArmyL 13-1494100
Fri 11/24@ HoustonL 14-2484100
Sat 11/18@ Notre DameL 17-2464000
Sat 11/11vs SMUSplash gameW 43-4031101
Fri 11/3@ TempleL 26-3465100
Sat 10/21vs UCFL 21-3196100
Sat 10/14@ MemphisL 27-3088100
Sat 10/7vs Air ForceSplash gameW 48-4563310
Sat 9/30@ TulsaW 31-2152000
Sat 9/23vs CincinnatiSplash gameW 42-3221110
Sat 9/9vs Tulane10+ tackles · Splash gameW 23-211062.500.501
Sat 9/2@ Florida AtlanticW 42-1911000

Player Story

D.J. Palmore story

D.J. Palmore built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Bartlett, TN wearing No. 45, spending time with Navy. The clearest part of D.J. Palmore's career was his defensive production: 130 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Navy. 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 D.J. Palmore's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Navy.

The arc is straightforward: D.J. Palmore 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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    Navy

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNavy0
2015 Regular SeasonNavy00
2016 PostseasonNavy23.537.911.523.5
2016 Regular SeasonNavy23.537.911.50
2017 PostseasonNavy1737.113.7-6.5
2017 Regular SeasonNavy1737.113.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 2 · W 23-21 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Memphis

Week 8 · W 42-28 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Air Force

Week 6 · W 48-45

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Tulane

Week 3 · W 21-14 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Fordham

Week 1 · W 52-16

3

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Navy

23.5 primary output · 37.9 efficiency · 11.5 usage

72.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · Navy

72.5

23.5 primary · 37.9 efficiency · 11.5 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Navy

61.3

17 primary · 37.1 efficiency · 13.7 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

11

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games