Player Dossier

2018-2022

Illinois

Deon Pate

LB • 6'2" • 265 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Deon Pate shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

0.6

Efficiency

4.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

34.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

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.

Deon Pate, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Illinois. Deon Pate shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Deon Pate played LB for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deon Pate recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Illinois.

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Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Minnesota: 0. Penn State: 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. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Losses0 · Games = 3
First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 12/19@ Penn StateL 21-5610—00—0——
Sat 11/7vs MinnesotaL 14-4111—00—0——
Sat 10/24@ WisconsinL 7-4510—00—0——

Career Arc

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

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    Illinois

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.7—
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois09.71.50
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois0——0
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois0——0

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Eastern Michigan

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Primary metric

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.8 takeover score.

#2

Purdue

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#3

Nebraska

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#4

Northwestern

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#5

Iowa

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 9.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

37.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Illinois

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Illinois

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8233

Trinity Christian Academy · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

13

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 9 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.