Player Dossier

2017-2018

NC State

Dalton Counts

S • 6'0" • 212 lbs • Raleigh, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dalton Counts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8614

Byron Nelson · Trophy Club, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Dalton Counts, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · NC State. Dalton Counts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
3

Quick Answers

Dalton Counts quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · S
Career Tackles
3
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · NC State
Top game
East Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Byron Nelson
High school pipeline
Byron Nelson · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 33 · Freshman
2018 Tackles rank
3 tackles · S 375th (top 80%) · ACC 405th (top 65%) · National 3,725th (top 64%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonNC State00-0--0-
2018 PostseasonNC State31-0--037.2
2018 Regular SeasonNC State32-0--037.2

Related Context

Dalton Counts played S for NC State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dalton Counts recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

NC State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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: East Carolina

Win with 0 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 · NC State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. North Carolina: 0. East Carolina: 0

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. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Texas A&M

Result
Tue 1/1@ Texas A&ML 13-5210000
Sat 12/1vs East CarolinaW 58-310000
Sat 11/24@ North CarolinaW 34-2811000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    NC State

    2017-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNC State0
2018 PostseasonNC State04.20.90
2018 Regular SeasonNC State04.20.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs East Carolina

Week 14 · W 58-3

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas A&M

Week 1 · L 13-52 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#3

@ North Carolina

Week 13 · W 34-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · NC State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

37.2

#2

2018 Regular Season · NC State

37.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games