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 / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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: 2019 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8233

Trinity Christian Academy · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
13

Quick Answers

Deon Pate quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
13
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Trinity Christian Academy · Illinois
High school pipeline
Trinity Christian Academy · 46 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 98 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois33-0--036.7
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois37-0--040.7
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois33-0--036.5
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-

Related Context

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

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: Minnesota

Loss 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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2020 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.6

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Minnesota

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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.

First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Minnesota

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 12/19@ Penn StateL 21-5610000
Sat 11/7vs MinnesotaL 14-4111000
Sat 10/24@ WisconsinL 7-4510000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.7
2019 Regular SeasonIllinois09.71.50
2020 Regular SeasonIllinois04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · L 31-34

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

9.4 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 9 · W 24-6 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Nebraska

Week 4 · L 38-42 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

5.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Northwestern

Week 13 · L 16-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa

Week 12 · L 0-63 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 9.7 efficiency · 1.5 usage

40.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · Illinois

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Illinois

36.5

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games