Player Dossier

2018-2022

Nevada

Dom Peterson

DT • 6'0" • 299 lbs • Harbor City, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dom Peterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

66%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

90

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Nevada
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Dom Peterson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Harbor City, CA, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Dom Peterson's career was his defensive production: 184...

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Dom Peterson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Nevada. Dom Peterson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
184
TFL
54
Sacks
27
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Dom Peterson quick answers

Latest team and position
Nevada · DT
Career Tackles
184
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 54 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Nevada
Top game
New Mexico
Latest roster
Senior
2022 Tackles rank
34 tackles · DT 24th (top 12%) · Mountain West 102nd (top 20%) · National 1,118th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonNevada1352.50.5--048.6
2018 Regular SeasonNevada133982.5-1048.6
2019 PostseasonNevada1141.51--078.2
2019 Regular SeasonNevada113613.58--078.2
2020 Regular SeasonNevada62774.5--058.6
2021 PostseasonNevada121-0--065.4
2021 Regular SeasonNevada12388.55.563065.4
2022 Regular SeasonNevada12341351-056

Related Context

Dom Peterson played DT for Nevada. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dom Peterson recorded 184 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Nevada paired 24 primary output with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Nevada

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

27.6

Usage

9.7

Consistency

36.5

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 5. New Mexico State: 1. Incarnate Word: 0.5. Iowa: 3. Air Force: 0. Colorado State: 0. Hawai'i: 1.5. San Diego State: 1. San José State: 3.5. Boise State: 0.5. Fresno State: 0.5. UNLV: 2.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 3 by 62.5. New Mexico State: 2 by 18.3. Incarnate Word: 3 by 17.5. Iowa: 4 by 46.7. Air Force: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 3 by 12.5. Hawai'i: 3 by 27.5. San Diego State: 1 by 14.2. San José State: 4 by 51.7. Boise State: 5 by 25.8. Fresno State: 2 by 13.3. UNLV: 3 by 37.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins3 · Games = 2 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 10 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

62.5 vs Texas State

Result
Sat 11/26@ UNLVSplash gameL 22-27311.5010
Sun 11/20vs Fresno StateL 14-41210.5000
Sun 11/13vs Boise StateL 3-41510.5000
Sun 10/30@ San José StateSplash gameL 28-35432.5010
Sun 10/23vs San Diego StateL 7-2311100
Sun 10/16@ Hawai'iL 16-31311.5000
Sat 10/8vs Colorado StateL 14-1732000
Sat 9/24@ Air ForceL 20-4811000
Sat 9/17@ IowaSplash gameL 0-2743210
Sat 9/10vs Incarnate WordL 41-55310.5000
Sat 9/3vs Texas State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 38-1432220
Sun 8/28@ New Mexico StateW 23-1222100

Player Story

Dom Peterson story

Dom Peterson built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Harbor City, CA, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Dom Peterson's career was his defensive production: 184 tackles, 54 tackles for loss, 27 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 54 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Nevada. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Dom Peterson's production has multiple signals. With 54 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nevada.

The arc is straightforward: Dom Peterson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Nevada

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonNevada14.525.36.7
2018 Regular SeasonNevada14.525.36.70
2019 PostseasonNevada243720.29.5
2019 Regular SeasonNevada243720.20
2020 Regular SeasonNevada11.537.914-12.5
2021 PostseasonNevada2332.710.611.5
2021 Regular SeasonNevada2332.710.60
2022 Regular SeasonNevada1927.69.7-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico

Week 10 · W 21-10 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs San Diego State

Week 12 · W 26-21 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas State

Week 1 · W 38-14

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico State

Week 6 · W 55-28

5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Hawai'i

Week 7 · W 34-17 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Nevada

24 primary output · 37 efficiency · 20.2 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Nevada

78.2

24 primary · 37 efficiency · 20.2 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Nevada

65.4

23 primary · 32.7 efficiency · 10.6 usage

Milestones

18

Impact games

26

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games