Player Dossier

2018-2021

Virginia Tech

Jermaine Waller

DB • 6'1" • 180 lbs • Washington, DC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jermaine Waller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.1

Efficiency

29.7

Consistency

58.4

Season Value

29.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jermaine Waller, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Jermaine Waller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.

Jermaine Waller played DB for Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jermaine Waller recorded 108 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Virginia Tech paired 11 primary output with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 29.7 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: Miami

Loss with 3 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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2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

29.7

Usage

8.1

Consistency

58.4

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 2. Middle Tennessee: 1. West Virginia: 2. Unknown: 1. Notre Dame: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Boston College: 1. Duke: 0. Miami: 3

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. North Carolina: 7 by 49.2. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 3 by 32.5. Unknown: 6 by 35. Notre Dame: 5 by 30.8. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Boston College: 5 by 30.8. Duke: 3 by 12.5. Miami: 4 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half1.4 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs North Carolina

Result
Sun 11/21@ MiamiL 26-3843102
Sat 11/13vs DukeW 48-1732000
Fri 11/5@ Boston CollegeL 3-1753001
Sat 10/30@ Georgia TechW 26-1754000
Sat 10/16vs PittsburghL 7-2821000
Sat 10/9vs Notre DameL 29-32540010
Sat 9/25vs Unknown64100
Sat 9/18@ West VirginiaL 21-27320011
Sat 9/11vs Middle TennesseeW 35-14540010
Fri 9/3vs North CarolinaW 17-10730011

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Virginia Tech

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech16.51.2
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1730.15.716
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech230.810-15
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1129.78.19

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

North Carolina

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.3 takeover score.

#2

Miami

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.8 takeover score.

#3

Miami

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.8 takeover score.

#4

Pittsburgh

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 48.5 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

3

Primary metric

Game with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 46.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

11 primary output · 29.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage

29.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

28.9

17 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 5.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

23.7

2 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8559

The Avalon School · Bethesda, MD

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

108

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 30 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.