Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022LSU
Ali Gaye
DE • 6'6" • 265 lbs • Edmonds, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ali Gaye shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
89
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Ali Gaye built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive end from Edmonds, WA wearing No. 11, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Ali Gaye's career was his defensive production: 85 tackles,...
Read the storyAli Gaye, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · LSU. Ali Gaye shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 85
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 9
Quick Answers
Ali Gaye quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · DE
- Career Tackles
- 85
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · LSU
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DE 48th (top 18%) · SEC 126th (top 21%) · National 1,104th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 10 | 32 | 9.5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 75.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 4 | 19 | 2.5 | 2.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 58.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 34 | 5.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 35.1 |
Related Context
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Ali Gaye played DE for LSU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ali Gaye recorded 85 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
LSU paired 23.5 primary output with 35.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 35.8 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: Mississippi State
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · LSU
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
2.4
Efficiency
35.8
Usage
12.6
Consistency
65.5
Best Game by takeover score
Mississippi State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 6. Vanderbilt: 3. Missouri: 2. South Carolina: 2. Auburn: 1.5. Arkansas: 2. Texas A&M: 1. Alabama: 3. Florida: 2. Ole Miss: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 3 by 62.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 42.5. Missouri: 4 by 36.7. South Carolina: 1 by 24.2. Auburn: 4 by 31.7. Arkansas: 1 by 24.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 26.7. Alabama: 5 by 50.8. Florida: 1 by 24.2. Ole Miss: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses2.7 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Mississippi State
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Mississippi State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | vs Ole Miss | W 53-48 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/13 | @ FloridaSplash game | W 37-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/6 | vs AlabamaSplash game | L 17-55 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/29 | @ Texas A&M | L 7-20 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ ArkansasSplash game | W 27-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Auburn | L 11-48 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | W 52-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs MissouriSplash game | L 41-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ VanderbiltSplash game | W 41-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Mississippi StateSplash game | L 34-44 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
Player Story
Ali Gaye story
Ali Gaye built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive end from Edmonds, WA wearing No. 11, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Ali Gaye's career was his defensive production: 85 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with LSU. 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 Ali Gaye's production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Ali Gaye 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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LSU
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | LSU | 23.5 | 35.8 | 12.6 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | LSU | 6 | 34.8 | 13.8 | -17.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 9.5 | 19.7 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Mississippi State
Week 4 · L 34-44 · Conference game
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Mississippi State
Week 4 · W 28-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs UAB
Week 12 · W 41-10
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
@ UCLA
Week 1 · L 27-38
2
Havoc Plays
77 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.
#5
vs New Mexico
Week 4 · W 38-0
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · LSU
23.5 primary output · 35.8 efficiency · 12.6 usage
75.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · LSU
58.1
6 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 13.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · LSU
35.1
9.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
11
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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