Player Dossier

2018-2021

Penn State

A.J. Lytton

DB • 5'11" • 179 lbs • Upper Marlboro, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

A.J. Lytton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

8%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

18

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 · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Florida State • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Player Story

A.J. Lytton built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from Upper Marlboro, MD wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida State and Penn State. The clearest part of A.J. Lytton's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9757

Dr. Henry Wise · Upper Marlboro, MD

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

A.J. Lytton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State. A.J. Lytton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
28
TFL
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

A.J. Lytton quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · DB
Career Tackles
28
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Florida State
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
4-star · Dr. Henry Wise · Florida State
High school pipeline
Dr. Henry Wise · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Sophomore
2021 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DB 826th (top 90%) · Big Ten 490th (top 78%) · National 4,621st (top 78%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida State71410-2050
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida State51310--019.1
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State11-0--037

Related Context

A.J. Lytton played DB for Florida State and Penn State. Across 3 tracked seasons, A.J. Lytton recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Florida State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Florida State paired 4 primary output with 14.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Florida State, Penn State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

12.8

Usage

3

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 0. Louisville: 0.5. Syracuse: 0. Alabama State: 0. Florida: 0.5

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. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 2 by 13.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Alabama State: 6 by 25. Florida: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida

Best efficiency game

25 vs Alabama State

Result
Sun 12/1@ FloridaL 17-40210.5000
Sat 11/16vs Alabama StateW 49-1266000
Sat 10/26vs SyracuseW 35-1711000
Sat 9/21vs LouisvilleW 35-24210.5000
Sat 8/31vs Boise StateL 31-3622000

Player Story

A.J. Lytton story

A.J. Lytton built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive back from Upper Marlboro, MD wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida State and Penn State. The clearest part of A.J. Lytton's career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives A.J. Lytton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Florida State

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Penn State

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida State414.13.5
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida State112.83-3
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State04.20.8-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Clemson

Week 9 · L 10-59 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Syracuse

Week 3 · L 7-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 8 · W 38-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

42.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida

Week 14 · L 17-40

0.5

Havoc Plays

38.9 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Samford

Week 2 · W 36-26

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Florida State

4 primary output · 14.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Penn State

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Florida State

19.1

1 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games