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 36.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UCF • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

Tatum Bethune built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Florida State and UCF. The clearest part of Tatum Bethune's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8608

West Albany · Albany, OR

Committed To
Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 31
Overall
No. 251
NFL Team
San Francisco 49ers

Tatum Bethune, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UCF. Tatum Bethune shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
332
TFL
28.5
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Tatum Bethune quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · LB
Career Tackles
332
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · UCF
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
3-star · West Albany · Washington
High school pipeline
West Albany · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 7 · Pick 31 · San Francisco 49ers
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
70 tackles · LB 145th (top 12%) · ACC 27th (top 5%) · National 236th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUCF6200.5011025.2
2020 PostseasonUCF10511--060.9
2020 Regular SeasonUCF105261.512060.9
2021 PostseasonUCF127-0--066.8
2021 Regular SeasonUCF121015.5231066.8
2022 PostseasonFlorida State1310.50.5--066
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida State13768.52.512066
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida State12706.5133065.3

Related Context

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: 2021 Postseason

UCF paired 13.5 primary output with 44.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 44.2 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: Tulane

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Postseason · UCF

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

44.2

Usage

9.7

Consistency

51.9

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. Florida: 0. Boise State: 1. Bethune-Cookman: 1. Louisville: 1. East Carolina: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Memphis: 2. Temple: 0. Tulane: 4.5. SMU: 1. UConn: 2. South Florida: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida: 7 by 29.2. Boise State: 5 by 30.8. Bethune-Cookman: 3 by 22.5. Louisville: 7 by 39.2. East Carolina: 17 by 50. Cincinnati: 10 by 41.7. Memphis: 9 by 57.5. Temple: 4 by 16.7. Tulane: 11 by 90.8. SMU: 3 by 22.5. UConn: 14 by 70. South Florida: 18 by 60

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

90.8 vs Tulane

Result
Fri 12/24@ FloridaW 29-1776000
Fri 11/26vs South Florida10+ tacklesW 17-13188000
Sat 11/20vs UConn10+ tackles · Splash gameW 49-171471.500.500
Sat 11/13@ SMUL 28-55330010
Sat 11/6vs Tulane10+ tackles · Splash gameW 14-1011420.501
Sat 10/30@ TempleW 49-744000
Fri 10/22vs MemphisSplash gameW 24-796110
Sat 10/16@ Cincinnati10+ tacklesL 21-56103000
Sat 10/9vs East Carolina10+ tacklesW 20-161711000
Fri 9/17@ LouisvilleL 35-4275100
Sat 9/11vs Bethune-CookmanW 63-14320010
Thu 9/2vs Boise StateW 36-3151000

Player Story

Tatum Bethune story

Tatum Bethune built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Miami, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with Florida State and UCF. The clearest part of Tatum Bethune's career was his defensive production: 332 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 53 career games in the available record. That gives Tatum Bethune'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

    UCF

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202020212021202220222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUCF2.518.13.5
2020 PostseasonUCF13.537.210.911
2020 Regular SeasonUCF13.537.210.90
2021 PostseasonUCF13.544.29.70
2021 Regular SeasonUCF13.544.29.70
2022 PostseasonFlorida State1535.69.21.5
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida State1535.69.20
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida State14.536.47.8-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 10 · W 14-10 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

96.9 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 96.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Cincinnati

Week 12 · L 33-36 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

95.6 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.6 takeover score.

#3

vs LSU

Week 1 · W 24-23

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#4

@ NC State

Week 6 · L 17-19 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia Tech

Week 9 · W 41-16 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · UCF

13.5 primary output · 44.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage

66.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · UCF

66.8

13.5 primary · 44.2 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Florida State

66

15 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 9.2 usage

Milestones

18

Impact games

17

Splash games

10

10+ tackle games