Player Dossier

2014-2018

Kentucky

Adrian Middleton

DT • 6'3" • 298 lbs • Bowling Green, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Adrian Middleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Adrian Middleton built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 99, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Adrian Middleton's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8664

South Warren · Bowling Green, KY

Committed To
Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Adrian Middleton, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Kentucky. Adrian Middleton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
70
TFL
12.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Adrian Middleton quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · DT
Career Tackles
70
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 33 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Kentucky
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · South Warren · Kentucky
High school pipeline
South Warren · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
10 tackles · DT 154th (top 63%) · SEC 302nd (top 47%) · National 2,601st (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonKentucky00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonKentucky00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonKentucky132-0--040.8
2016 Regular SeasonKentucky13335.50--040.8
2017 PostseasonKentucky112-0--039.2
2017 Regular SeasonKentucky11233111039.2
2018 PostseasonKentucky91-0--038.2
2018 Regular SeasonKentucky9942--038.2

Related Context

Adrian Middleton played DT for Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Adrian Middleton recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Kentucky paired 5.5 primary output with 15.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Kentucky

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.9

Usage

3.6

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 0. Southern Miss: 0. South Carolina: 0. Eastern Michigan: 3. Missouri: 1. Mississippi State: 0. Tennessee: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Georgia: 0. Louisville: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 5 by 20.8. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 50.8. Missouri: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 5 by 20.8. Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 0 by 10. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 6 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Fri 12/29@ NorthwesternL 23-2422000
Sat 11/25vs LouisvilleL 17-4411000
Sat 11/18@ GeorgiaL 13-4211000
Sat 11/11@ VanderbiltW 44-2100001
Sat 11/4vs Ole MissL 34-3710000
Sat 10/28vs TennesseeW 29-2622100
Sat 10/21@ Mississippi StateL 7-4553000
Sat 10/7vs MissouriW 40-3410000
Sat 9/30vs Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 24-2053210
Sat 9/16@ South CarolinaW 23-1321000
Sat 9/2@ Southern MissW 24-1751000

Player Story

Adrian Middleton story

Adrian Middleton built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive tackle from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 99, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Adrian Middleton's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Adrian Middleton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kentucky

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonKentucky0
2015 Regular SeasonKentucky00
2016 PostseasonKentucky5.515.44.95.5
2016 Regular SeasonKentucky5.515.44.90
2017 PostseasonKentucky614.93.60.5
2017 Regular SeasonKentucky614.93.60
2018 PostseasonKentucky611.33.20
2018 Regular SeasonKentucky611.33.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 5 · W 24-20

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Tennessee

Week 11 · L 36-49 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

78.6 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Missouri

Week 9 · W 35-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Vanderbilt

Week 8 · W 14-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 12 · W 34-23

2

Havoc Plays

61.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Kentucky

5.5 primary output · 15.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage

40.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Kentucky

40.8

5.5 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Kentucky

39.2

6 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games