Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021SMU
Trevor Denbow
LB • 5'11" • 225 lbs • Corsicana, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Trevor Denbow shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Trevor Denbow built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Corsicana, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Trevor Denbow's career was his defensive production: 183...
Read the storyTrevor Denbow, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. Trevor Denbow shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 183
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Trevor Denbow quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 183
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Tulane
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · LB 381st (top 31%) · American Athletic 81st (top 17%) · National 973rd (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 11 | 42 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 12 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 55 | 2 | 0.5 | - | 4 | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 40 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Related Context
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Trevor Denbow played LB for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Trevor Denbow recorded 183 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
SMU paired 11 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Abilene Christian
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · SMU
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
21.7
Usage
5.6
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Abilene Christian
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Abilene Christian: 3. North Texas: 1. TCU: 0. South Florida: 0. Navy: 0. Tulane: 0. Houston: 0. Memphis: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Tulsa: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Abilene Christian: 2 by 38.3. North Texas: 8 by 43.3. TCU: 2 by 8.3. South Florida: 4 by 16.7. Navy: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 4 by 16.7. Houston: 6 by 25. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. Tulsa: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 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
Abilene Christian
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs North Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Tulsa | L 31-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Cincinnati | L 14-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Memphis | L 25-28 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Houston | L 37-44 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/21 | vs Tulane | W 55-26 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Navy | W 31-24 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs South Florida | W 41-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ TCU | W 42-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs North Texas | W 35-12 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Abilene ChristianSplash game | W 56-9 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Trevor Denbow story
Trevor Denbow built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Corsicana, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Trevor Denbow's career was his defensive production: 183 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Trevor Denbow's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 8 | 23.2 | 5.6 | 8 |
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 6.5 | 27.6 | 4 | -1.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 6.5 | 27.6 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 11 | 26.4 | 7.2 | 4.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 5 | 21.7 | 5.6 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulane
Week 8 · W 27-23 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Navy
Week 9 · W 51-37 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Houston
Week 9 · W 34-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Temple
Week 10 · W 47-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas State
Week 1 · W 31-24
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Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · SMU
11 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 7.2 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · SMU
48.6
8 primary · 23.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · SMU
33.6
6.5 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
6
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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