Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018North Texas
Ashton Preston
DB • 5'10" • 193 lbs • Edmond, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ashton Preston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player Story
Ashton Preston built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Edmond, OK wearing No. 27, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Ashton Preston's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- North Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Ashton Preston, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · North Texas. Ashton Preston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 82
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Ashton Preston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · DB
- Career Tackles
- 82
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · North Texas
- Top game
- Rice
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Santa Fe · North Texas
- High school pipeline
- Lake Mary · 25 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DB 770th (top 90%) · Conference USA 479th (top 76%) · National 4,626th (top 80%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 12 | 39 | 4.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.7 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 38 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 55.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
Related Context
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Ashton Preston played DB for North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ashton Preston recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
North Texas paired 8.5 primary output with 19.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · North Texas
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
19.7
Usage
4.5
Consistency
63.7
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 0. Lamar: 1. SMU: 0. Iowa: 1. UAB: 1. Southern Miss: 1. UTSA: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 0. Old Dominion: 0.5. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. UTEP: 1. Rice: 1. Florida Atlantic: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 3 by 12.5. Lamar: 3 by 22.5. SMU: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 1 by 14.2. UAB: 3 by 22.5. Southern Miss: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 3 by 17.5. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 16.7. Old Dominion: 4 by 21.7. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 25.8. UTEP: 3 by 22.5. Rice: 4 by 26.7. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | vs Troy | L 30-50 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 17-41 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Rice | W 30-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs UTEP | W 45-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 24-23 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Old Dominion | W 45-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 31-69 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs UTSA | W 29-26 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Southern Miss | W 43-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs UAB | W 46-43 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Iowa | L 14-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ SMU | L 32-54 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Lamar | W 59-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ashton Preston story
Ashton Preston built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Edmond, OK wearing No. 27, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Ashton Preston's career was his defensive production: 82 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Ashton Preston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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North Texas
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 7.5 | 20.2 | 5.2 | 7.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 7.5 | 20.2 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 8.5 | 19.7 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 8.5 | 19.7 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 4.2 | 1.2 | -8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Rice
Week 4 · W 42-35 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Western Kentucky
Week 11 · L 7-45 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 14 · L 17-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#4
@ UTSA
Week 1
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Havoc Plays
67.5 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Rice
Week 13 · W 30-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · North Texas
8.5 primary output · 19.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage
55.1
#2
2017 Regular Season · North Texas
55.1
8.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · North Texas
40.7
7.5 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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