Player Dossier

2016-2018

Michigan

Rashan Gary

DL • 6'5" • 283 lbs • Plainfield, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rashan Gary shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

96

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

74

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

98

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Rashan Gary built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Plainfield, NJ wearing No. 3, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Rashan Gary's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 1

Paramus Catholic · Paramus, NJ

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2019
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 12
NFL Team
Green Bay Packers

Rashan Gary, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Michigan. Rashan Gary shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
24
Sacks
10.5
QB hurries
18
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2018 · Michigan · Player Highlight

Rashan Gary college highlights at Michigan.

Season
2018
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Rashan Gary quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
5-star · Paramus Catholic · Michigan
High school pipeline
Paramus Catholic · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2019 · Round 1 · Pick 12 · Green Bay Packers
Latest roster
No. 3 · Junior
2018 Tackles rank
38 tackles · DL 85th (top 11%) · Big Ten 114th (top 19%) · National 1,047th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 PostseasonMichigan120-01-033.3
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan1223515-033.3
2017 PostseasonMichigan13511--068.5
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan135411.557-068.5
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan9386.53.55-062.1

Related Context

Rashan Gary played DL for Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Rashan Gary recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Michigan paired 25.5 primary output with 38.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 34.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

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

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2018 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

34.3

Usage

11.3

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 1.5. Western Michigan: 3. SMU: 1. Nebraska: 3. Northwestern: 0. Penn State: 1. Rutgers: 1.5. Indiana: 3. Ohio State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 4 by 31.7. Western Michigan: 6 by 55. SMU: 3 by 22.5. Nebraska: 2 by 38.3. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 2 by 18.3. Rutgers: 4 by 31.7. Indiana: 9 by 67.5. Ohio State: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.8 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 2 · -0.5 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

Indiana

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Indiana

Result
Sat 11/24@ Ohio StateL 39-6253100
Sat 11/17vs IndianaSplash gameW 31-20961.501.500
Sat 11/10@ RutgersW 42-7400.5000
Sat 11/3vs Penn StateW 42-721000
Sat 9/29@ NorthwesternW 20-1731000
Sat 9/22vs NebraskaSplash gameW 56-1022210
Sat 9/15vs SMUW 45-2032000
Sat 9/8vs Western MichiganSplash gameW 49-364110
Sat 9/1@ Notre DameL 17-24410.5000

Player Story

Rashan Gary story

Rashan Gary built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Plainfield, NJ wearing No. 3, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Rashan Gary's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, and 10.5 sacks across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Rashan Gary's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonMichigan12184.2
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan12184.20
2017 PostseasonMichigan25.538.110.913.5
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan25.538.110.90
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan1534.311.3-10.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio State

Week 13 · L 20-31 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

94.2 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Indiana

Week 7 · W 27-20 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Indiana

Week 12 · W 31-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#4

vs UCF

Week 2 · W 51-14

3.5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Western Michigan

Week 2 · W 49-3

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Michigan

25.5 primary output · 38.1 efficiency · 10.9 usage

68.5

#2

2017 Regular Season · Michigan

68.5

25.5 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 10.9 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Michigan

62.1

15 primary · 34.3 efficiency · 11.3 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

12

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games