Player Dossier

2016-2021

Louisville

P.J. Blue

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Jemison, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

P.J. Blue shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

25

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

P.J. Blue built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Jemison, AL wearing No. 13, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of P.J. Blue's career was his defensive production: 38...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8728

Park Crossing · Montgomery, AL

Committed To
Louisville
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

P.J. Blue, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Louisville. P.J. Blue shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
38
TFL
2

Quick Answers

P.J. Blue quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · LB
Career Tackles
38
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 10 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Louisville
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
3-star · Park Crossing · Louisville
High school pipeline
Park Crossing · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 13 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville103820--040.5
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021Louisville to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted19.6Dec 10, 2020

P.J. Blue played LB for Louisville. Across 6 tracked seasons, P.J. Blue recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Louisville paired 2 primary output with 17.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · Louisville

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

17.8

Usage

4.5

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Indiana State: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Virginia: 1. Florida State: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Boston College: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Clemson: 0. Kentucky: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 4 by 16.7. Indiana State: 4 by 16.7. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 6 by 35. Florida State: 8 by 43.3. Georgia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Florida State

Result
Sun 11/25vs KentuckyL 10-5622000
Sat 11/3@ ClemsonL 16-7744000
Sat 10/27vs Wake ForestL 35-5611000
Sat 10/13@ Boston CollegeL 20-3821000
Fri 10/5vs Georgia TechL 31-6653000
Sat 9/29vs Florida StateL 24-2885100
Sat 9/22@ VirginiaL 3-2765100
Sat 9/15vs Western KentuckyW 20-1720000
Sat 9/8vs Indiana StateW 31-743000
Sun 9/2@ AlabamaL 14-5142000

Player Story

P.J. Blue story

P.J. Blue built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Jemison, AL wearing No. 13, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of P.J. Blue's career was his defensive production: 38 tackles and 2 tackles for loss across 10 career games in the available record. That gives P.J. Blue's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisville

    2016-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonLouisville0
2017 Regular SeasonLouisville00
2018 Regular SeasonLouisville217.84.52
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville0-2
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville00
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida State

Week 5 · L 24-28 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 4 · L 3-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Clemson

Week 10 · L 16-77 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

17.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 6 · L 31-66 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

16.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Alabama

Week 1 · L 14-51

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Havoc Plays

14.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Louisville

2 primary output · 17.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Louisville

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Louisville

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games