Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2011Temple
Tahir Whitehead
LB • 6'2" • Newark, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tahir Whitehead shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Temple
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Temple
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Tahir Whitehead built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a linebacker from Newark, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Tahir Whitehead's career was his defensive production: 1...
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- Committed To
- Temple
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2012
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 138
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Tahir Whitehead, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Temple. Tahir Whitehead shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Quick Answers
Tahir Whitehead quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Temple · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 1 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Temple
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · West Side · Temple
- High school pipeline
- West Side · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2012 · Round 5 · Pick 3 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2011
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Temple | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Tahir Whitehead is listed as a LB for Temple. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Temple paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Temple
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
20 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/24 | @ Miami (OH) | L 3-23 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Tahir Whitehead story
Tahir Whitehead built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a linebacker from Newark, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Temple. The clearest part of Tahir Whitehead's career was his defensive production: 1 interception across 1 career game in the available record. That gives Tahir Whitehead's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Temple
2009-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Temple | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Temple | 0 | — | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Miami (OH)
Week 13 · L 3-23 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Temple
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Temple
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Temple
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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