Player Dossier

2017-2020

Georgia Southern

Traver Vliem

DE • 6'4" • 260 lbs • Midland, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Traver Vliem shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Traver Vliem built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive end from Midland, TX wearing No. 49, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Traver Vliem's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8148

Midland · Midland, TX

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Traver Vliem, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Traver Vliem shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
69
TFL
9
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
4

Quick Answers

Traver Vliem quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · DE
Career Tackles
69
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Top game
New Mexico State
Recruit profile
3-star · Midland · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Midland · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 49 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern819322-045.5
2018 PostseasonGeorgia Southern101-0--016.4
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern10150.502-016.4
2019 PostseasonGeorgia Southern112-0--044.6
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern11325.52.5--044.6
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-

Related Context

Traver Vliem played DE for Georgia Southern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Traver Vliem recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 7 primary output with 18.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

20.1

Usage

5.5

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 0. LSU: 0. Maine: 1. Minnesota: 0. Louisiana: 0. Coastal Carolina: 2. New Mexico State: 3. App State: 0. UL Monroe: 2. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Maine: 4 by 26.7. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 40.8. New Mexico State: 7 by 59.2. App State: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 3 by 32.5. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -1.3 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

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 12/21vs LibertyL 16-2320000
Sat 11/30vs Georgia StateW 38-1052000
Sat 11/23@ Arkansas StateL 33-3810000
Sat 11/16vs UL MonroeSplash gameW 51-2932110
Fri 11/1@ App StateW 24-2121000
Sat 10/26vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 41-776210
Sat 10/19vs Coastal CarolinaSplash gameW 30-2754200
Sat 9/28vs LouisianaL 24-3711000
Sat 9/14@ MinnesotaL 32-3521000
Sat 9/7vs MaineW 26-18430.500.500
Sat 8/31@ LSUL 3-5520000

Player Story

Traver Vliem story

Traver Vliem built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive end from Midland, TX wearing No. 49, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Traver Vliem's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Traver Vliem'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

    Georgia Southern

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern718.64.8
2018 PostseasonGeorgia Southern2.59.22.2-4.5
2018 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern2.59.22.20
2019 PostseasonGeorgia Southern820.15.55.5
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern820.15.50
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0-8

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico State

Week 9 · W 41-7

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Auburn

Week 1 · L 7-41

4

Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 8 · W 30-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#4

vs UL Monroe

Week 12 · W 51-29 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#5

@ New Mexico State

Week 8 · W 48-31

1.5

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

7 primary output · 18.6 efficiency · 4.8 usage

45.5

#2

2019 Postseason · Georgia Southern

44.6

8 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 5.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

44.6

8 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games