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 / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

21

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

Baron Gajkowski built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a safety from Alpine, UT wearing No. 15, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Baron Gajkowski's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7333

Lone Peak · American Fork, UT

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
55
TFL
4.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Baron Gajkowski quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · S
Career Tackles
55
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
2-star · Lone Peak · Utah State
High school pipeline
Lone Peak · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Sophomore
2018 Tackles rank
5 tackles · S 344th (top 74%) · Mountain West 293rd (top 55%) · National 3,234th (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUtah State00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State12502.5111042.7
2018 PostseasonUtah State50-0--021.6
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State5521--221.6

Related Context

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 6.5 primary output with 22.8 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.

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2018 Postseason · Utah State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

10.2

Usage

2.8

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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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 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Wins

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

Player Story

Baron Gajkowski story

Baron Gajkowski built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a safety from Alpine, UT wearing No. 15, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Baron Gajkowski's career was his defensive production: 55 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Utah State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Baron Gajkowski's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 64 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah State.

The arc is straightforward: Baron Gajkowski moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Utah State

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUtah State0
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State6.522.84.46.5
2018 PostseasonUtah State310.22.8-3.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State310.22.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 4 · W 61-10 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

vs San José State

Week 11 · W 62-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Boise State

Week 9 · L 14-41 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Wyoming

Week 7 · L 23-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.5 takeover score.

#5

@ New Mexico

Week 10 · W 24-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

33.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 33.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Utah State

6.5 primary output · 22.8 efficiency · 4.4 usage

42.7

#2

2018 Postseason · Utah State

21.6

3 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Utah State

21.6

3 primary · 10.2 efficiency · 2.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games