Usage Score
2.7
Player Dossier
2014-2017Kentucky
Matt Elam
DT • 6'7" • 360 lbs • Elizabethtown, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matt Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Efficiency
13.4
Consistency
50
Season Value
21.5
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Matt Elam, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Kentucky. Matt Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Matt Elam played DT for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Elam recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.4 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: Southern Miss
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 · Kentucky
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.4
Usage
2.7
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. South Carolina: 1. Florida: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 4 by 26.7. South Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3
First Half1 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs First Half
All Games0.5 · Games = 4
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Southern Miss
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 13.4 | 2.7 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Southern Miss
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.8 takeover score.
#2
South Carolina
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.
#3
Southern Miss
0
Primary metric
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
#4
Unknown
0
Primary metric
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.7 takeover score.
#5
Tennessee
0
Primary metric
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 1.6 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
21.5
2 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Kentucky
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2014 · Rating 0.9304
John Hardin · Elizabethtown, KY
- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
17
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 7 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.