Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019South Alabama
Jeffery Whatley
DL • 6'2" • 300 lbs • Midland City, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jeffery Whatley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31 disruption score.
Impact Production
98
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
67
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Jeffery Whatley built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Midland City, AL wearing No. 99, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Jeffery Whatley's career was his...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jeffery Whatley, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama. Jeffery Whatley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 59
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jeffery Whatley quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · DL
- Career Tackles
- 59
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dale County Christian · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Dale County Christian · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · DL 83rd (top 10%) · Sun Belt 84th (top 19%) · National 1,021st (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 7 | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 12 | 39 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 73.2 |
Related Context
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Jeffery Whatley played DL for South Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jeffery Whatley recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 21 primary output with 31 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
31
Usage
11.7
Consistency
64.3
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 2. Jackson State: 2. Memphis: 2. UAB: 1. UL Monroe: 0. Georgia Southern: 2. Troy: 1. App State: 0.5. Texas State: 4.5. Louisiana: 1. Georgia State: 2. Arkansas State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 4 by 36.7. Jackson State: 2 by 28.3. Memphis: 4 by 36.7. UAB: 0 by 10. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 6 by 45. Troy: 5 by 30.8. App State: 2 by 13.3. Texas State: 5 by 65.8. Louisiana: 2 by 18.3. Georgia State: 4 by 36.7. Arkansas State: 4 by 46.7
Split Comparison
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Wins2.5 · Games = 2 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 10 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Arkansas StateSplash game | W 34-30 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Georgia StateSplash game | L 15-28 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Louisiana | L 27-37 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Texas StateSplash game | L 28-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs App State | L 3-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/17 | @ Troy | L 13-37 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/3 | vs Georgia SouthernSplash game | L 17-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ UL Monroe | L 17-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ UAB | L 3-35 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs MemphisSplash game | L 6-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Jackson StateSplash game | W 37-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ NebraskaSplash game | L 21-35 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jeffery Whatley story
Jeffery Whatley built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Midland City, AL wearing No. 99, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Jeffery Whatley's career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with South Alabama. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jeffery Whatley's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Jeffery Whatley moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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South Alabama
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1 | 12.9 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Alabama | 3.5 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 21 | 31 | 11.7 | 17.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas State
Week 11 · L 28-30 · Conference game
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 14 · W 34-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 6 · L 17-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Alabama A&M
Week 3 · W 45-0
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Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia State
Week 13 · L 15-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
21 primary output · 31 efficiency · 11.7 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · South Alabama
25.6
3.5 primary · 10.9 efficiency · 2.4 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · South Alabama
12.6
1 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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