Player Dossier

2017-2020

Stanford

Paulson Adebo

CB • 6'1" • 192 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Paulson Adebo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

51%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

95

Top-tier box-score impact for a corner

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

95

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Stanford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Paulson Adebo built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Paulson Adebo's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9481

Mansfield · Mansfield, TX

Committed To
Stanford
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 12
Overall
No. 76
NFL Team
New Orleans Saints

Paulson Adebo, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Stanford. Paulson Adebo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
97
TFL
5
Passes defended
27

Quick Answers

Paulson Adebo quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · CB
Career Tackles
97
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Stanford
Top game
California
Recruit profile
4-star · Mansfield · Stanford
High school pipeline
Mansfield · 32 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 3 · Pick 12 · New Orleans Saints
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonStanford00-0--0-
2018 PostseasonStanford13410--066.1
2018 Regular SeasonStanford136040-17066.1
2019 Regular SeasonStanford933-0-10044.7
2020 Regular SeasonStanford00-0--0-

Related Context

Paulson Adebo played CB for Stanford. Across 4 tracked seasons, Paulson Adebo recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Stanford.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Stanford paired 26 primary output with 40.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.8 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: Washington

Win with 4 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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2019 Regular Season · Stanford

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

30.8

Usage

4.5

Consistency

56.4

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern: 3. USC: 2. UCF: 0. Oregon: 0. Oregon State: 1. Washington: 4. UCLA: 2. Arizona: 2. Colorado: 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. Northwestern: 5 by 50.8. USC: 8 by 53.3. UCF: 4 by 16.7. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 14.2. Washington: 5 by 60.8. UCLA: 3 by 32.5. Arizona: 1 by 24.2. Colorado: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.5 · Games = 4 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Washington

Result
Sat 11/9@ ColoradoL 13-1655000
Sat 10/26vs ArizonaSplash gameW 41-31110020
Fri 10/18vs UCLASplash gameL 16-34310011
Sun 10/6vs WashingtonSplash gameW 23-1354004
Sat 9/28@ Oregon StateW 31-2811001
Sat 9/21vs OregonL 6-2111000
Sat 9/14@ UCFL 27-4541000
Sun 9/8@ USCSplash gameL 20-4585002
Sat 8/31vs NorthwesternSplash gameW 17-7540012

Player Story

Paulson Adebo story

Paulson Adebo built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a cornerback from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Paulson Adebo's career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 27 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Stanford. 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 Paulson Adebo's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Stanford.

The arc is straightforward: Paulson Adebo 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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    Stanford

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonStanford0
2018 PostseasonStanford2640.57.526
2018 Regular SeasonStanford2640.57.50
2019 Regular SeasonStanford1430.84.5-12
2020 Regular SeasonStanford0-14

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ California

Week 14 · W 23-13 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs UC Davis

Week 3 · W 30-10

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Notre Dame

Week 5 · L 17-38

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Washington

Week 6 · W 23-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Oregon

Week 4 · W 38-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Stanford

26 primary output · 40.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

66.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Stanford

66.1

26 primary · 40.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Stanford

44.7

14 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

12

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games