Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Duke
Tre Hornbuckle
DE • 6'4" • 255 lbs • Murray, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tre Hornbuckle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
74
High-end production for an edge defender
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina Central
Player Story
Tre Hornbuckle built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive end from Murray, KY wearing No. 59, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Tre Hornbuckle's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Duke
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Tre Hornbuckle, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Duke. Tre Hornbuckle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 126
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Tre Hornbuckle quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · DE
- Career Tackles
- 126
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- North Carolina Central
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Murray · Duke
- High school pipeline
- Murray · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 59 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DE 75th (top 25%) · ACC 145th (top 23%) · National 1,294th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 14 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 49 | 9.5 | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | 59.8 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 10 | 33 | 5.5 | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | 43.6 |
Related Context
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Tre Hornbuckle played DE for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tre Hornbuckle recorded 126 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Duke paired 15.5 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.2 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: Miami
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Duke
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
25.2
Usage
5.2
Consistency
31.2
Best Game by takeover score
Miami
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. North Carolina A&T: 2.5. Middle Tennessee: 3. Virginia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 1. Syracuse: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Miami: 4
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina A&T: 2 by 33.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 38.3. Virginia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Pittsburgh: 7 by 39.2. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 5 by 60.8
Split Comparison
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Wins2.4 · Games = 4 · +2.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -2.0 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
Miami
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Miami
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs MiamiSplash game | W 27-17 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ Wake Forest | L 27-39 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Syracuse | L 6-49 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ North Carolina | L 17-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Virginia | L 14-48 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/6 | vs Pittsburgh | L 30-33 | 7 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/27 | @ Virginia Tech | W 45-10 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 41-18 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs North Carolina A&TSplash game | W 45-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Alabama | L 3-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tre Hornbuckle story
Tre Hornbuckle built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive end from Murray, KY wearing No. 59, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Tre Hornbuckle's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Tre Hornbuckle's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Duke
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Duke | 3.5 | 11.7 | 3.3 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 15.5 | 29.9 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 15.5 | 29.9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 7.5 | 16.3 | 4.1 | -8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 7.5 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 11.5 | 25.2 | 5.2 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Carolina Central
Week 1 · W 60-7
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Miami
Week 14 · W 27-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Wake Forest
Week 13 · L 7-59 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Virginia Tech
Week 5 · L 14-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida State
Week 7 · L 10-17 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
73.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Duke
15.5 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 9 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Duke
59.8
15.5 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 9 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Duke
43.6
11.5 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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