Player Dossier

2014-2018

Notre Dame

Drue Tranquill

LB • 6'2" • 233 lbs • Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Drue Tranquill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

99%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

91

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Drue Tranquill built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 23, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Drue Tranquill's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.899

Carroll · Fort Wayne, IN

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 28
Overall
No. 130
NFL Team
Los Angeles Chargers

Drue Tranquill, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame. Drue Tranquill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
235
TFL
19
Sacks
3
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Drue Tranquill quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · LB
Career Tackles
235
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
4-star · Carroll · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Carroll · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 4 · Pick 28 · Los Angeles Chargers
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
79 tackles · LB 132nd (top 12%) · FBS Independents 10th (top 4%) · National 194th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonNotre Dame10-0--041.9
2015 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12792012035.3
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame1211201-072.4
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12668.51.522072.4
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame1211-011060
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12686.51.523060

Related Context

Drue Tranquill played LB for Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Drue Tranquill recorded 235 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 18 primary output with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 39.9 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: Wake Forest

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

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2018 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

39.9

Usage

7.7

Consistency

53.2

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 2. Michigan: 0. Ball State: 2. Vanderbilt: 0. Wake Forest: 3. Stanford: 3. Virginia Tech: 1. Pittsburgh: 2. Navy: 0. Northwestern: 0. Florida State: 1. USC: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 11 by 65.8. Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Ball State: 9 by 57.5. Vanderbilt: 9 by 37.5. Wake Forest: 8 by 63.3. Stanford: 2 by 38.3. Virginia Tech: 5 by 30.8. Pittsburgh: 6 by 45. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8. Florida State: 7 by 39.2. USC: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 11 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 12/29@ Clemson10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-30115001
Sun 11/25@ USCW 24-1796001
Sun 11/11vs Florida StateW 42-13750.500.500
Sat 11/3@ NorthwesternW 31-2155000
Sun 10/28@ NavyW 44-2210000
Sat 10/13vs PittsburghSplash gameW 19-1465100
Sun 10/7@ Virginia TechW 45-2354100
Sat 9/29vs StanfordSplash gameW 38-1722102
Sat 9/22@ Wake ForestSplash gameW 56-2786210
Sat 9/15vs VanderbiltW 22-1799000
Sat 9/8vs Ball StateSplash gameW 24-1697100
Sat 9/1vs MichiganW 24-1775000

Player Story

Drue Tranquill story

Drue Tranquill built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 23, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Drue Tranquill's career was his defensive production: 235 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 24 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Drue Tranquill's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Notre Dame

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNotre Dame120
2015 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0-1
2016 Regular SeasonNotre Dame632.17.46
2017 PostseasonNotre Dame1841.711.212
2017 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1841.711.20
2018 PostseasonNotre Dame1539.97.7-3
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1539.97.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wake Forest

Week 4 · W 56-27

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

@ LSU

Week 1 · W 21-17 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Georgia

Week 2 · L 19-20

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 4 · W 38-18

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Havoc Plays

80.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.2 takeover score.

#5

vs NC State

Week 9 · W 35-14

2.5

Havoc Plays

75.2 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Notre Dame

18 primary output · 41.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage

72.4

#2

2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame

72.4

18 primary · 41.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Notre Dame

60

15 primary · 39.9 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

12

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games