Player Dossier

2017-2020

Middle Tennessee

Rakavian Poydras

DT • 6'1" • 268 lbs • Clarksville, TN, USA

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Rakavian Poydras shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Rakavian Poydras built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Clarksville, TN wearing No. 90, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Rakavian Poydras' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8242

Clarksville · Clarksville, TN

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Rakavian Poydras, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Rakavian Poydras shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
8.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Rakavian Poydras quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · DT
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 32 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Iowa
Recruit profile
3-star · Clarksville · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Clarksville · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 90 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
36 tackles · DT 7th (top 4%) · Conference USA 65th (top 13%) · National 592nd (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee220.50--018.5
2018 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee10181.50-3032
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee11285141057.7
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee9361.50.52-039.6

Related Context

Rakavian Poydras played DT for Middle Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rakavian Poydras recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 11 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.1 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: Army

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

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2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

21.1

Usage

5.8

Consistency

52.4

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 1. Troy: 1. UTSA: 0. Western Kentucky: 0.5. Florida International: 1. North Texas: 0. Rice: 0. Marshall: 0. Troy: 0.5

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. Army: 4 by 26.7. Troy: 5 by 30.8. UTSA: 4 by 16.7. Western Kentucky: 7 by 34.2. Florida International: 4 by 26.7. North Texas: 4 by 16.7. Rice: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/21@ TroyW 20-17210.5000
Sat 11/14@ MarshallL 14-4220000
Sat 10/24@ RiceW 40-3440000
Sat 10/17vs North TexasL 35-5242000
Sat 10/10@ Florida InternationalW 31-28400.500.500
Sat 10/3vs Western KentuckyL 17-20740.5000
Sat 9/26@ UTSAL 35-3741000
Sat 9/19vs TroyL 14-4753000
Sat 9/5@ ArmyL 0-4241000

Player Story

Rakavian Poydras story

Rakavian Poydras built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive tackle from Clarksville, TN wearing No. 90, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Rakavian Poydras' career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Rakavian Poydras' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Middle Tennessee

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee0.56.71.6
2018 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee4.5122.34
2019 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1120.676.5
2020 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee421.15.8-7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Iowa

Week 5 · L 3-48

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Army

Week 1 · L 0-42

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Michigan

Week 1 · L 21-40

2.5

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

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vs Troy

Week 3 · L 14-47

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Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Florida International

Week 6 · W 31-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

11 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 7 usage

57.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

39.6

4 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

32

4.5 primary · 12 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games