Player Dossier

2015-2018

Charlotte

AJ McDonald

DB • 5'11" • 193 lbs • Bamberg, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

0.8

Efficiency

4.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

35

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

AJ McDonald, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Charlotte. AJ McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

AJ McDonald played DB for Charlotte. Across 4 tracked seasons, AJ McDonald recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Tennessee: 0. Florida International: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 11/17vs Florida InternationalL 35-4210000
Sat 11/3@ TennesseeL 3-1411000
Sat 10/27vs Southern MissW 20-1710000
Sat 10/13vs Western KentuckyW 40-1410000
Sat 9/1vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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    Charlotte

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonCharlotte0
2016 Regular SeasonCharlotte1.516.94.31.5
2017 Regular SeasonCharlotte08.31.5-1.5
2018 Regular SeasonCharlotte04.20.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Temple

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.1 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

0.5

Primary metric

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26 takeover score.

#3

Florida Atlantic

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.6 takeover score.

#4

Eastern Michigan

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.

#5

Florida International

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Regular Season · Charlotte

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage

36.6

#2

2018 Regular Season · Charlotte

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Charlotte

7.5

1.5 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 4.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7611

Bamberg-Ehrhardt · Bamberg, SC

Committed To
Charlotte
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

58

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.