Player Dossier

2016-2019

Ohio State

Damon Arnette

CB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Damon Arnette shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Damon Arnette built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Damon Arnette's career was his defensive...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 19
Overall
No. 19
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Damon Arnette, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Ohio State. Damon Arnette shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
140
TFL
4
Passes defended
22
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Damon Arnette quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · CB
Career Tackles
140
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Ohio State
Top game
Iowa
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 1 · Pick 19 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
35 tackles · CB 97th (top 28%) · Big Ten 124th (top 20%) · National 1,179th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonOhio State111-0--09.8
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State1120-0--09.8
2017 PostseasonOhio State125-0--055.2
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State123930-8055.2
2018 PostseasonOhio State133-0--026.9
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State1337-0-6026.9
2019 PostseasonOhio State111-0-1045.6
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State113410-7245.6

Related Context

Damon Arnette played CB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Damon Arnette recorded 140 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Ohio State paired 13 primary output with 26.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

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

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2019 Postseason · Ohio State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

22.4

Usage

3.4

Consistency

54.9

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 1. Cincinnati: 0. Indiana: 3. Miami (OH): 1. Nebraska: 0. Michigan State: 0. Northwestern: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Penn State: 1. Michigan: 1. Wisconsin: 2

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. Clemson: 1 by 14.2. Cincinnati: 6 by 25. Indiana: 2 by 38.3. Miami (OH): 2 by 18.3. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 7 by 39.2. Penn State: 0 by 10. Michigan: 3 by 22.5. Wisconsin: 7 by 49.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 10 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sun 12/29vs ClemsonL 23-2911001
Sun 12/8@ WisconsinSplash gameW 34-2177002
Sat 11/30@ MichiganW 56-2731001
Sat 11/23vs Penn StateW 28-1700001
Sat 10/26vs WisconsinW 38-775100
Sat 10/19@ NorthwesternW 52-333000
Sat 10/5vs Michigan StateW 34-1032000
Sat 9/28@ NebraskaW 48-711000
Sat 9/21vs Miami (OH)W 76-522001
Sat 9/14@ IndianaSplash gameW 51-10220012
Sat 9/7vs CincinnatiW 42-063000

Player Story

Damon Arnette story

Damon Arnette built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a cornerback from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Damon Arnette's career was his defensive production: 140 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 22 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Damon Arnette's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonOhio State18.92.4
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State18.92.40
2017 PostseasonOhio State1326.14.212
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State1326.14.20
2018 PostseasonOhio State718.22.8-6
2018 Regular SeasonOhio State718.22.80
2019 PostseasonOhio State1022.43.43
2019 Regular SeasonOhio State1022.43.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Iowa

Week 10 · L 24-55 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Northwestern

Week 9 · W 24-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#3

@ TCU

Week 3 · W 40-28

2

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Indiana

Week 3 · W 51-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 9 · W 39-38 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Ohio State

13 primary output · 26.1 efficiency · 4.2 usage

55.2

#2

2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

55.2

13 primary · 26.1 efficiency · 4.2 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Ohio State

45.6

10 primary · 22.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games