Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Tulsa
Gavin Potter
LB • 6'2" • 232 lbs • Broken Arrow, OK, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gavin Potter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
85
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Tulsa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kansas • Arkansas State • Tulsa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Gavin Potter built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Broken Arrow, OK wearing No. 19, spending time with Arkansas State, Kansas, and Tulsa. The clearest part of Gavin Potter's career was...
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- Committed To
- Jacksonville State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Gavin Potter, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Tulsa. Gavin Potter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 270
- TFL
- 25.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 16
- Passes defended
- 4
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Gavin Potter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulsa · LB
- Career Tackles
- 270
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 52 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Tulsa
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hun School · Jacksonville State
- High school pipeline
- Hun School · 51 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 75 tackles · LB 127th (top 11%) · American Athletic 17th (top 3%) · National 199th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 56 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 59.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 13.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 45.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulsa | 12 | 75 | 10.5 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 68.9 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arkansas State to Tulsa | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 79.1 | Dec 25, 2023 |
| 2023 | Kansas to Arkansas State | P4 to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Gavin Potter played LB for Kansas, Arkansas State, and Tulsa. Across 6 tracked seasons, Gavin Potter recorded 270 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Tulsa paired 15.5 primary output with 39 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 39 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kansas, Arkansas State, Tulsa.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Tulsa
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
39
Usage
11
Consistency
44.7
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northwestern State: 2.5. Arkansas State: 1.5. Oklahoma State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 3. North Texas: 1. Army: 0. Temple: 3. UTSA: 0. UAB: 1. East Carolina: 1. South Florida: 1. Florida Atlantic: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern State: 5 by 45.8. Arkansas State: 8 by 48.3. Oklahoma State: 4 by 26.7. Louisiana Tech: 10 by 71.7. North Texas: 2 by 18.3. Army: 6 by 25. Temple: 8 by 63.3. UTSA: 9 by 37.5. UAB: 2 by 18.3. East Carolina: 10 by 51.7. South Florida: 4 by 26.7. Florida Atlantic: 7 by 34.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.8 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 9 · -0.7 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
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 16-63 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ South Florida | L 30-63 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/15 | vs East Carolina10+ tackles | L 31-38 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ UAB | L 21-59 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs UTSA | W 46-45 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ TempleSplash game | L 10-20 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Army | L 7-49 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ North Texas | L 20-52 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Louisiana Tech10+ tackles · Splash game | W 23-20 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Oklahoma State | L 10-45 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Arkansas State | L 24-28 | 8 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Northwestern StateSplash game | W 62-28 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Gavin Potter story
Gavin Potter built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Broken Arrow, OK wearing No. 19, spending time with Arkansas State, Kansas, and Tulsa. The clearest part of Gavin Potter's career was his defensive production: 270 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 52 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Tulsa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Gavin Potter's production has multiple signals. With 52 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State, Kansas, and Tulsa.
The arc is straightforward: Gavin Potter moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Kansas
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Arkansas State
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Tulsa
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 34.3 | 10 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas | 6 | 25.7 | 8.4 | -5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 9 | 34.6 | 9.7 | 3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 1.5 | 12 | 2.7 | -7.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 7 | 22.5 | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulsa | 15.5 | 39 | 11 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas
Week 8 · L 48-50 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
95.8 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 4 · W 23-20
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
vs West Virginia
Week 13 · L 28-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Temple
Week 8 · L 10-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Stony Brook
Week 3 · W 31-7
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.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Tulsa
15.5 primary output · 39 efficiency · 11 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Kansas
59.6
11 primary · 34.3 efficiency · 10 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Kansas
49.6
9 primary · 34.6 efficiency · 9.7 usage
Milestones
16
Impact games
12
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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