Player Dossier

2019-2023

Florida State

Tatum Bethune

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tatum Bethune shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.9

Efficiency

33.9

Consistency

60.1

Season Value

28.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
UCF • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

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.

Tatum Bethune, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Florida State. Tatum Bethune shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.

Tatum Bethune played LB for UCF and Florida State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tatum Bethune recorded 332 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Florida State paired 11.5 primary output with 33.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Win with 2.5 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

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2023 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

33.9

Usage

7.9

Consistency

60.1

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Boston College: 2. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Syracuse: 1. Duke: 1. Wake Forest: 2. Pittsburgh: 1. Miami: 1. Unknown: 0. Florida: 1. Louisville: 2.5

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 9 by 37.5. Boston College: 7 by 49.2. Clemson: 7 by 29.2. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 6 by 35. Wake Forest: 9 by 57.5. Pittsburgh: 2 by 18.3. Miami: 6 by 35. Unknown: 5 by 20.8. Florida: 7 by 39.2. Louisville: 8 by 58.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.0 · Games = 11
First Half0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs First Half
All Games1.0 · Games = 12

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

58.3 vs Louisville

Result
Sun 12/3vs LouisvilleW 16-6800.50011
Sun 11/26@ FloridaW 24-1574100
Sat 11/18vs Unknown53000
Sat 11/11vs MiamiW 27-2063100
Sat 11/4@ PittsburghW 24-721001
Sat 10/28@ Wake ForestW 41-1694110
Sat 10/21vs DukeW 38-2063100
Sat 10/14vs SyracuseW 41-331100
Sat 10/7vs Virginia TechW 39-1711000
Sat 9/23@ ClemsonW 31-2474000
Sat 9/16@ Boston CollegeW 31-2975101
Sun 9/3vs LSUW 45-2493000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    UCF

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

20192020202020212021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUCF1.516.43
2020 PostseasonUCF12.536.211.311
2020 Regular SeasonUCF12.536.211.30
2021 PostseasonUCF10.541.710.9-2
2021 Regular SeasonUCF10.541.710.90
2022 PostseasonFlorida State1434.89.93.5
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida State1434.89.90
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida State11.533.97.9-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Cincinnati

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.6 takeover score.

#2

Tulane

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#3

Houston

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#4

NC State

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.9 takeover score.

#5

LSU

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Florida State

11.5 primary output · 33.9 efficiency · 7.9 usage

28.3

#2

2022 Postseason · Florida State

27.7

14 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Florida State

27.7

14 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 9.9 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

10

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8608

West Albany · Albany, OR

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Career Facts

2

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

332

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 53 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.