Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Houston
D.J. Small
CB • 5'10" • 190 lbs • Dickinson, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
D.J. Small shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCF
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
D.J. Small, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Houston. D.J. Small shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
D.J. Small quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · CB
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- UCF
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dickinson · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Dickinson · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · CB 366th (top 93%) · American Athletic 415th (top 83%) · National 4,945th (top 83%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 13 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 22.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 52.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.7 |
Related Context
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D.J. Small played CB for Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, D.J. Small recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Houston paired 2 primary output with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.8 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: UCF
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Houston
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
12.8
Usage
2.3
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. UConn: 0. UCF: 1. Memphis: 0. Tulsa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. UConn: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 4 by 26.7. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Tulsa: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs UCF
Career Arc
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Houston
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 7.1 | 0.5 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UCF
Week 10 · L 29-44 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Tulane
Week 12 · W 48-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
vs South Florida
Week 11 · W 56-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulane
Week 6 · W 49-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Rice
Week 2 · W 44-7
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Houston
2 primary output · 10 efficiency · 0 usage
52.5
#2
2018 Regular Season · Houston
29
1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Houston
27.7
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 0.5 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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