Player Dossier

2018-2019

Northern Illinois

Jawon Denton

DE • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jawon Denton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7859

Morgan Park · Chicago, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Jawon Denton, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jawon Denton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4

Quick Answers

Jawon Denton quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · DE
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 4 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Illinois State
Recruit profile
2-star · Morgan Park · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Morgan Park · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 95 · Sophomore
2019 Tackles rank
4 tackles · DE 246th (top 81%) · Mid-American 329th (top 58%) · National 3,562nd (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois44-0--037

Related Context

Jawon Denton played DE for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jawon Denton recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State

Win 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 · Northern Illinois

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois State: 0. Utah: 0. Nebraska: 0. Ohio: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois State: 1 by 4.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Illinois State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Ohio

Result
Sat 10/12@ OhioW 39-3611000
Sun 9/15@ NebraskaL 8-4411000
Sat 9/7@ UtahL 17-3510000
Sat 8/31vs Illinois StateW 24-1010000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois04.20.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Illinois State

Week 1 · W 24-10

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Nebraska

Week 3 · L 8-44

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Ohio

Week 7 · W 39-36 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Utah

Week 2 · L 17-35

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games