Player Dossier

2022-2022

Kansas State

Drake Cheatum

S • 5'10" • 191 lbs • Mesquite, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Drake Cheatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.3

Efficiency

22.4

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

12

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State

22

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
1
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

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.

Drake Cheatum, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State. Drake Cheatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Kansas State paired 3.5 primary output with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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

2022 Regular Season · Kansas State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

22.4

Usage

8.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Missouri: 0. Tulane: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Iowa State: 0. TCU: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 0. Texas: 0. Baylor: 1. West Virginia: 0. Kansas: 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. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma: 5 by 20.8. Texas Tech: 5 by 20.8. Iowa State: 4 by 16.7. TCU: 6 by 30. Oklahoma State: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 4 by 16.7. Baylor: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 6 by 25. Kansas: 10 by 41.7

Split Comparison

Wins0.1 · n=8 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · n=3 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=6 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=6 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Kansas

Result
Sun 11/27vs Kansas10+ tacklesW 47-27109000
Sat 11/19@ West VirginiaW 48-3161000
Sun 11/13@ BaylorW 31-3530010
Sat 11/5vs TexasL 27-3443000
Sat 10/29vs Oklahoma StateW 48-044000
Sun 10/23@ TCUL 28-38610.5000
Sat 10/8@ Iowa StateW 10-942000
Sat 10/1vs Texas TechW 37-2852000
Sun 9/25@ OklahomaW 41-3452000
Sat 9/17vs TulaneL 10-1742001
Sat 9/10vs MissouriW 40-1221000
Sat 9/3vs Unknown11001

Career Arc

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

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    Kansas State

    2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State3.522.48.3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Houston

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

Texas A&M

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#3

Baylor

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

#4

Tulane

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.5 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Kansas State

3.5 primary output · 22.4 efficiency · 8.3 usage

12

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

1

Seasons tracked

56

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 1 tracked seasons, 16 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Drake Cheatum quick answers

Position
S
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
1
Career tackles
56