Player Dossier

2018-2019

New Mexico State

John Graves III

DL • 6'1" • 270 lbs • Lancaster, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

John Graves III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

22

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

16

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alcorn State

Player Story

John Graves III built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Lancaster, TX wearing No. 47, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of John Graves III's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8107

Lancaster · Lancaster, TX

Committed To
New Mexico State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

John Graves III, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State. John Graves III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1.5

Quick Answers

John Graves III quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · DL
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
Alcorn State
Recruit profile
3-star · Lancaster · New Mexico State
High school pipeline
Lancaster · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 47 · Junior
2019 Tackles rank
16 tackles · DL 361st (top 42%) · FBS Independents 107th (top 37%) · National 2,186th (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State4611--038.3
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State9161.50.5--033.5

Related Context

John Graves III played DL for New Mexico State. Across 2 tracked seasons, John Graves III recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 2 primary output with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.6

Usage

2

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

South Florida

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Florida

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 9/9@ South Florida20000

Player Story

John Graves III story

John Graves III built his college career from 2018 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Lancaster, TX wearing No. 47, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of John Graves III's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 17 career games in the available record. That gives John Graves III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico State

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State211.34.1
2019 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State29.620

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Alcorn State

Week 10 · W 52-42

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 2

2

Havoc Plays

70.4 takeover

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Liberty

Week 14 · L 28-49 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Incarnate Word

Week 12 · W 41-28

1

Havoc Plays

49.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Fresno State

Week 5 · L 17-30

0

Havoc Plays

12.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State

2 primary output · 11.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage

38.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State

33.5

2 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games