Player Dossier

2015-2021

Louisiana Tech

Baylen Buchanan

DB • 5'11" • 186 lbs • Lawrenceville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Baylen Buchanan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Tennessee • Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Player Story

Baylen Buchanan built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a defensive back from Lawrenceville, GA, spending time with Louisiana Tech and Tennessee. The clearest part of Baylen Buchanan's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8558

El Dorado · El Dorado, AR

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Baylen Buchanan, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Tennessee. Baylen Buchanan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
4
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Baylen Buchanan quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · DB
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
Top game
Alabama
Recruit profile
3-star · El Dorado
High school pipeline
El Dorado · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
Senior
2021 Tackles rank
47 tackles · DB 156th (top 17%) · Conference USA 80th (top 12%) · National 682nd (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonTennessee520-0-1016.1
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee24-0--039.4
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee124930-4051
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech114710-1020.4

Related Context

Baylen Buchanan played DB for Tennessee and Louisiana Tech. Across 7 tracked seasons, Baylen Buchanan recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 7 primary output with 22.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Louisiana Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

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

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2017 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.4

Usage

1.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Vanderbilt: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 11/25vs VanderbiltL 24-4232000
Sat 10/21@ AlabamaL 7-4511000

Player Story

Baylen Buchanan story

Baylen Buchanan built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a defensive back from Lawrenceville, GA, spending time with Louisiana Tech and Tennessee. The clearest part of Baylen Buchanan's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 6 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Baylen Buchanan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2015-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana Tech

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonTennessee0
2016 Regular SeasonTennessee118.731
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee08.41.2-1
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee722.84.37
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee0-7
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee00
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech219.63.32

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Alabama

Week 8 · L 21-58 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Southern Miss

Week 12 · L 19-35 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 3 · W 28-19

1

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#4

vs SMU

Week 3 · L 37-39

1

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Vanderbilt

Week 13 · L 13-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Tennessee

7 primary output · 22.8 efficiency · 4.3 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Tennessee

39.4

0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

20.4

2 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games