Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Kentucky
Chris Oats
LB • 6'3" • 232 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chris Oats shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
Chris Oats built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 22, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Chris Oats' career was his defensive production: 74...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Chris Oats, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Kentucky. Chris Oats shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 74
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Chris Oats quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · LB
- Career Tackles
- 74
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Winton Woods · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Winton Woods · 31 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Kentucky | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 10 | 24 | 3.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 11 | 41 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Chris Oats played LB for Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chris Oats recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Kentucky paired 5.5 primary output with 16.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/14 | @ Vanderbilt | W 34-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Chris Oats story
Chris Oats built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 22, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Chris Oats' career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Oats' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Kentucky | 5.5 | 16.8 | 4.4 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5.5 | 16.8 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kentucky | 3.5 | 20.6 | 5.5 | -2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3.5 | 20.6 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -3.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas A&M
Week 6 · L 14-20 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 37-30 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Louisville
Week 13 · W 56-10
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Georgia
Week 8 · L 0-21 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
53.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Missouri
Week 9 · W 29-7 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
31.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Kentucky
5.5 primary output · 16.8 efficiency · 4.4 usage
40.9
#2
2018 Regular Season · Kentucky
40.9
5.5 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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