Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022UAB
Deshaun Oliver Jr.
LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
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Impact Production
75
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Deshaun Oliver Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 24, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Deshaun Oliver Jr.'s career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Deshaun Oliver Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UAB. Deshaun Oliver Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 39
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Deshaun Oliver Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · LB
- Career Tackles
- 39
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · UAB
- Top game
- Tulane
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Ramsay · UAB
- High school pipeline
- Ramsay · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2021 Postseason | UAB | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 9 | 29 | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 53 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Deshaun Oliver Jr. played LB for UAB. Across 4 tracked seasons, Deshaun Oliver Jr. recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
UAB paired 10 primary output with 26.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 26.8 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: Tulane
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · UAB
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
26.8
Usage
8.5
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 1. Jacksonville State: 0. Georgia: 0. North Texas: 3. Tulane: 3. Liberty: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Southern Miss: 3. Rice: 0
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. BYU: 5 by 30.8. Jacksonville State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 6 by 25. North Texas: 5 by 50.8. Tulane: 7 by 59.2. Liberty: 3 by 12.5. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 12.5. Southern Miss: 2 by 38.3. Rice: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 6 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Tulane
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/18 | @ BYU | W 31-28 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Rice | L 24-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Southern MissSplash game | W 34-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 31-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Liberty | L 12-36 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/26 | @ TulaneSplash game | W 28-21 | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ North TexasSplash game | W 40-6 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Georgia | L 7-56 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 9/1 | @ Jacksonville State | W 31-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Deshaun Oliver Jr. story
Deshaun Oliver Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 24, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Deshaun Oliver Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 39 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Deshaun Oliver Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UAB
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | 8.4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | UAB | 10 | 26.8 | 8.5 | 10 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 10 | 26.8 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | — | — | -10 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulane
Week 4 · W 28-21
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
@ North Texas
Week 3 · W 40-6 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#3
@ Southern Miss
Week 7 · W 34-0 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.
#4
@ BYU
Week 1 · W 31-28 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 2 · L 7-56
0
Havoc Plays
21.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · UAB
10 primary output · 26.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · UAB
53
10 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · UAB
41.6
0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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