Player Dossier

2014-2018

Michigan State

Gerald Owens

DT • 6'2" • 306 lbs • Thorofare, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Gerald Owens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.5

Efficiency

7.6

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

9.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

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.

Gerald Owens, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Gerald Owens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.6 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: Purdue

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

7.6

Usage

2.5

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Nebraska

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Indiana: 0. Central Michigan: 1. Michigan: 0. Purdue: 1. Ohio State: 0. Nebraska: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 0 by 10. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Purdue

Result
Sat 11/17@ NebraskaL 6-911000
Sat 11/10vs Ohio StateL 6-2630000
Sat 10/27vs PurdueW 23-13100.500.500
Sat 10/20vs MichiganL 7-2110000
Sat 9/29vs Central MichiganW 31-2000001
Sat 9/22@ IndianaW 35-2111000
Fri 8/31vs Utah StateW 38-3111000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Michigan State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201420152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State08.31.40
2017 PostseasonMichigan State27.32.22
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan State27.32.20
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan State27.62.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Michigan

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#2

Purdue

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.

#3

Central Michigan

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

Western Michigan

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

#5

Ohio State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

36.6

#2

2018 Regular Season · Michigan State

9.5

2 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Michigan State

7.8

2 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8857

West Deptford · Westville, NJ

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

21

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 17 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
21