Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Boston College
TJ Rayam
DT • 6'0" • 293 lbs • Alabaster, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
TJ Rayam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Boston College
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Boston College
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
TJ Rayam built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Alabaster, AL wearing No. 99, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of TJ Rayam's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Boston College
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
TJ Rayam, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Boston College. TJ Rayam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 97
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
TJ Rayam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boston College · DT
- Career Tackles
- 97
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Boston College
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · The Peddie School · Boston College
- High school pipeline
- The Peddie School · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DT 39th (top 18%) · ACC 138th (top 22%) · National 1,332nd (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boston College | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boston College | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 57.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boston College | 13 | 40 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boston College | 7 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Boston College | 10 | 32 | 2.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 22.9 |
Related Context
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TJ Rayam played DT for Boston College. Across 5 tracked seasons, TJ Rayam recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Boston College.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Boston College paired 10.5 primary output with 21.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Boston College
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
16.8
Usage
4.2
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colgate: 0. Temple: 2.5. Missouri: 0. Clemson: 0. NC State: 0. Louisville: 0. Syracuse: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Wake Forest: 1
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. Colgate: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 2 by 33.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 4 by 16.7. Syracuse: 4 by 16.7. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Temple
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Wake Forest | L 10-41 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Georgia Tech | W 41-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/5 | vs Virginia Tech | W 17-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Syracuse | L 6-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Louisville | L 14-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs NC State | L 7-33 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Clemson | L 13-19 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Missouri | W 41-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ TempleSplash game | W 28-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Colgate | W 51-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
TJ Rayam story
TJ Rayam built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive tackle from Alabaster, AL wearing No. 99, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of TJ Rayam's career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives TJ Rayam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Boston College
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Boston College | 1 | 14.2 | 5.8 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boston College | 1 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boston College | 10.5 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 9.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boston College | 10.5 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 9.5 | 1.7 | -10.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Boston College | 3.5 | 16.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 35-28 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
@ Temple
Week 3 · W 28-3
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida State
Week 11 · L 31-38 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 10 · W 58-27 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Wake Forest
Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Boston College
10.5 primary output · 21.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage
57.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Boston College
57.2
10.5 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Boston College
43
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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