Player Dossier

2018-2022

Western Kentucky

AJ Brathwaite Jr.

DB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ Brathwaite Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.6

Efficiency

16.8

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

9.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky

18192020212122

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

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.

AJ Brathwaite Jr., DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky. AJ Brathwaite Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.8 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: Middle Tennessee

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

16.8

Usage

5.6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

12345

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. UTSA: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. North Texas: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=2 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · n=3 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · -0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

Best efficiency game

25 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Sat 11/26@ Florida AtlanticW 32-3164000
Sat 10/29vs North TexasL 13-4021000
Sat 10/15@ Middle TennesseeW 35-1733100
Sat 10/8@ UTSAL 28-3122000
Sat 8/27vs Unknown1

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Western Kentucky

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky04.20.7
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky05.410
2020 PostseasonWestern Kentucky06.31.20
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky06.31.20
2021 PostseasonWestern Kentucky7279.47
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky7279.40
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky216.85.6-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

UTSA

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.

#2

Indiana

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#3

Middle Tennessee

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.7 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

#5

Old Dominion

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

35.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

35.5

0 primary · 5.4 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8466

Miami Central · Hollywood, FL

Committed To
Western Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

96

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 31 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

AJ Brathwaite Jr. quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
96