Player Dossier

2016-2018

Utah State

Baron Gajkowski

S • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Alpine, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Baron Gajkowski shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.8

Efficiency

10.2

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

6.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Baron Gajkowski, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Utah State. Baron Gajkowski shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.

Baron Gajkowski played S for Utah State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Baron Gajkowski recorded 55 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Utah State paired 5.5 primary output with 21.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Win with 3 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 Postseason · Utah State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

10.2

Usage

3.8

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. Michigan State: 0. BYU: 0. UNLV: 0. San José State: 3

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. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 0 by 0. San José State: 2 by 38.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4
First Half0 · Games = 3 · -1.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.5 vs First Half
All Games0.6 · Games = 5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs San José State

Result
Sat 12/15@ North TexasW 52-13
Sat 11/10vs San José StateSplash gameW 62-2422210
Sat 10/13vs UNLVW 59-2800000
Sat 10/6@ BYUW 45-2011000
Fri 8/31@ Michigan StateL 31-3821000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Utah State

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUtah State0
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State5.521.94.15.5
2018 PostseasonUtah State310.23.8-2.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State310.23.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

San José State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#2

San José State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.8 takeover score.

#3

Boise State

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41 takeover score.

#4

New Mexico

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24 takeover score.

#5

UNLV

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Regular Season · Utah State

5.5 primary output · 21.9 efficiency · 4.1 usage

11.3

#2

2018 Postseason · Utah State

6.6

3 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Utah State

6.6

3 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7333

Lone Peak · American Fork, UT

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

55

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 17 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.