Player Dossier

2018-2021

Mississippi State

Aaron Odom

DL • 6'3" • 284 lbs • Jackson, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Aaron Odom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

52

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Aaron Odom built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Jackson, MS wearing No. 18, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Aaron Odom's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8647

Callaway · Jackson, MS

Committed To
Mississippi State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Aaron Odom, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Aaron Odom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
36
TFL
8.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Aaron Odom quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · DL
Career Tackles
36
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
3-star · Callaway · Mississippi State
High school pipeline
Callaway · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 18 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
17 tackles · DL 380th (top 41%) · SEC 225th (top 35%) · National 2,163rd (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMississippi State11-0--036.7
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State110.50.51-050.5
2020 PostseasonMississippi State10322--039.3
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State101420-1039.3
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State81743--044.9

Related Context

Aaron Odom played DL for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron Odom recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Mississippi State paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

17.6

Usage

4.8

Consistency

22

Best Game by takeover score

LSU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. NC State: 2. Memphis: 0. LSU: 2.5. Vanderbilt: 2. Arkansas: 0. Tennessee State: 0.5. Ole Miss: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 2 by 28.3. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. LSU: 3 by 37.5. Vanderbilt: 1 by 24.2. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Tennessee State: 6 by 30. Ole Miss: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

LSU

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs LSU

Result
Fri 11/26vs Ole MissL 21-3121000
Sat 11/20vs Tennessee StateW 55-10600.5000
Sat 11/6@ ArkansasL 28-3120000
Sat 10/23@ VanderbiltSplash gameW 45-611110
Sat 9/25vs LSUSplash gameL 25-28311.5010
Sat 9/18@ MemphisL 29-3111000
Sat 9/11vs NC StateSplash gameW 24-1021110
Sat 9/4vs Louisiana TechW 35-34

Player Story

Aaron Odom story

Aaron Odom built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Jackson, MS wearing No. 18, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Aaron Odom's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Aaron Odom's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Mississippi State

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMississippi State04.20.7
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State224.25.92
2020 PostseasonMississippi State714.13.65
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State714.13.60
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State717.64.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulsa

Week 1 · W 28-26 · Postseason

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs LSU

Week 4 · L 25-28 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Vanderbilt

Week 8 · W 45-6 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Western Kentucky

Week 1

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Abilene Christian

Week 13 · W 45-7

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Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Mississippi State

2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 5.9 usage

50.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State

44.9

7 primary · 17.6 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Mississippi State

39.3

7 primary · 14.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games