Player Dossier

2014-2019

Rice

Blain Padgett

DE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Sour Lake, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blain Padgett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

lowelite

Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP

Player Story

Blain Padgett built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a defensive end from Sour Lake, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Blain Padgett's career was his defensive production:...

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Blain Padgett, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice. Blain Padgett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
51
TFL
8
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Blain Padgett quick answers

Latest team and position
Rice · DE
Career Tackles
51
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Rice
Top game
UTEP
Latest roster
No. 90 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonRice12415.522-059
2017 Regular SeasonRice3102.51.531050.8
2018 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonRice00-0--0-

Related Context

Blain Padgett played DE for Rice. Across 6 tracked seasons, Blain Padgett recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Rice paired 9.5 primary output with 22.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.6 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: UTEP

Win with 8 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Rice

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

2.7

Efficiency

30.6

Usage

9.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

UTEP

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 0. UTEP: 8. Houston: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 7 by 79.2. Houston: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins8 · Games = 1 · +8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UTEP

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs UTEP

Result
Sun 9/17@ HoustonL 3-3822000
Sun 9/10@ UTEPSplash gameW 31-14742.501.501
Sun 8/27vs StanfordL 7-6210000

Player Story

Blain Padgett story

Blain Padgett built his college career from 2014 through 2019 as a defensive end from Sour Lake, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Blain Padgett's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Blain Padgett's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Rice

    2014-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonRice0
2015 Regular SeasonRice00
2016 Regular SeasonRice9.522.27.39.5
2017 Regular SeasonRice830.69.3-1.5
2018 Regular SeasonRice0-8
2019 Regular SeasonRice00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTEP

Week 2 · W 31-14 · Conference game

Win with 8 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

8

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

8 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs UTSA

Week 7 · L 13-14 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Stanford

Week 13 · L 17-41

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#4

@ Army

Week 2 · L 14-31

1

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Prairie View A&M

Week 8 · W 65-44

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Rice

9.5 primary output · 22.2 efficiency · 7.3 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Rice

50.8

8 primary · 30.6 efficiency · 9.3 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Rice

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games