Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2021Louisiana 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.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5 | 20 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 12 | 49 | 3 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 47 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20.4 |
Related Context
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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
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.
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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: Southern Miss
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
3.3
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 0. SE Louisiana: 0. SMU: 1. North Texas: 0. NC State: 0. UTEP: 0. UTSA: 0. Old Dominion: 0. UAB: 0. Charlotte: 0. Southern Miss: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 8 by 33.3. SE Louisiana: 6 by 25. SMU: 5 by 30.8. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 5 by 20.8. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 5 by 20.8. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 5 by 20.8. Southern Miss: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | vs Southern Miss | L 19-35 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Charlotte | W 42-32 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ UAB | L 38-52 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Old Dominion | L 20-23 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | vs UTSA | L 16-45 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/17 | @ UTEP | L 3-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ NC State | L 27-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs North Texas | W 24-17 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs SMU | L 37-39 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs SE Louisiana | W 45-42 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Mississippi State | L 34-35 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
Tennessee
2015-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Louisiana Tech
2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 18.7 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 8.4 | 1.2 | -1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 22.8 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | -7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 19.6 | 3.3 | 2 |
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
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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
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