Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Southern Miss
Ernest Gunn
DB • 6'1" • 180 lbs • Selma, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ernest Gunn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe
Player Story
Ernest Gunn built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Selma, AL wearing No. 29, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ernest Gunn's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Ernest Gunn, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Ernest Gunn shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 26
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Ernest Gunn quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DB
- Career Tackles
- 26
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- UL Monroe
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Brantley Elem Sch · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Brantley Elem Sch · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DB 428th (top 48%) · Conference USA 213th (top 34%) · National 2,004th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 2 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 8 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 8 | 14 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.8 |
Related Context
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Ernest Gunn played DB for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ernest Gunn recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 1 primary output with 17.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 11.1 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: UAB
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
11.1
Usage
1.9
Consistency
4.2
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 0. Alcorn State: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Troy: 0. UTEP: 0. North Texas: 0. UAB: 1. UTSA: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 5 by 20.8. Alcorn State: 3 by 12.5. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 5 by 20.8. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 0 by 10. UTSA: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs Tulane
Player Story
Ernest Gunn story
Ernest Gunn built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Selma, AL wearing No. 29, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ernest Gunn's career was his defensive production: 26 tackles and 2 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Ernest Gunn's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Southern Miss
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 17.5 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Southern Miss | 1 | 11.1 | 1.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 11.1 | 1.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UL Monroe
Week 2 · L 20-21
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#2
vs UAB
Week 11 · W 37-2 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Rice
Week 4 · W 40-22 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
20.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Troy
Week 3 · W 47-42
0
Havoc Plays
19.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Tulane
Week 1 · L 13-30 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
16.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss
1 primary output · 17.5 efficiency · 2.9 usage
47.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
37.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
32.8
1 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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