Player Dossier

2017-2020

Auburn

K.J. Britt

LB • 6'0" • 243 lbs • Oxford, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

K.J. Britt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

98

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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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 · Auburn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Auburn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Player Story

K.J. Britt built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Oxford, AL wearing No. 33, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of K.J. Britt's career was his defensive production: 117...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8982

Oxford · Oxford, AL

Committed To
Auburn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 32
Overall
No. 176
NFL Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

K.J. Britt, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Auburn. K.J. Britt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
117
TFL
13
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

K.J. Britt quick answers

Latest team and position
Auburn · LB
Career Tackles
117
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Auburn
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
4-star · Oxford · Auburn
High school pipeline
Oxford · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 5 · Pick 32 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
23 tackles · LB 418th (top 38%) · SEC 162nd (top 28%) · National 1,194th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonAuburn33-0--036.8
2018 PostseasonAuburn102-0--015.4
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn102120-1015.4
2019 PostseasonAuburn13810--067.1
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn136092.511067.1
2020 Regular SeasonAuburn22310--045.8

Related Context

K.J. Britt played LB for Auburn. Across 4 tracked seasons, K.J. Britt recorded 117 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Auburn paired 14.5 primary output with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 52.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Auburn

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

52.9

Usage

8.8

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1. Georgia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Kentucky

Result
Sat 10/3@ Georgia10+ tacklesL 6-27124000
Sat 9/26vs Kentucky10+ tacklesW 29-13115100

Player Story

K.J. Britt story

K.J. Britt built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Oxford, AL wearing No. 33, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of K.J. Britt's career was his defensive production: 117 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives K.J. Britt's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Auburn

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonAuburn04.20.7
2018 PostseasonAuburn312.62.63
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn312.62.60
2019 PostseasonAuburn14.5339.711.5
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn14.5339.70
2020 Regular SeasonAuburn152.98.8-13.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Oregon

Week 1 · W 27-21

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Mississippi State

Week 5 · W 56-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Kentucky

Week 4 · W 29-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Alabama State

Week 2 · W 63-9

2.5

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#5

@ LSU

Week 9 · L 20-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Auburn

14.5 primary output · 33 efficiency · 9.7 usage

67.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Auburn

67.1

14.5 primary · 33 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Auburn

45.8

1 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 8.8 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games