Player Dossier

2019-2023

USC

Deuce Palmer

LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Danville, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Deuce Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
SMU • USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8

San Ramon Valley · Danville, CA

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Deuce Palmer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · SMU. Deuce Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
13

Quick Answers

Deuce Palmer quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · LB
Career Tackles
13
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 10 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · SMU
Top game
North Texas
Recruit profile
3-star · San Ramon Valley · SMU
High school pipeline
San Ramon Valley · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,022nd (top 84%) · Pac-12 397th (top 74%) · National 4,171st (top 70%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonSMU33-0--036.8
2022 Regular SeasonSMU58-0--038.8
2023 Regular SeasonUSC22-0--036.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023SMU to USCP4 to P419.6Dec 30, 2022

Deuce Palmer played LB for SMU and USC. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deuce Palmer recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

SMU paired 0 primary output with 6.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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 SMU, USC.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · USC

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 0. UCLA: 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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 11/18vs UCLAL 20-3811000
Sat 9/2vs NevadaW 66-1411000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    SMU

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    USC

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSMU0
2020 Regular SeasonSMU00
2021 Regular SeasonSMU04.20.70
2022 Regular SeasonSMU06.71.20
2023 Regular SeasonUSC04.20.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ North Texas

Week 1 · W 48-10

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

9.4 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Lamar

Week 2 · W 45-16

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Abilene Christian

Week 1 · W 56-9

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Tulane

Week 12 · L 24-59 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Memphis

Week 13 · W 34-31 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · SMU

0 primary output · 6.7 efficiency · 1.2 usage

38.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · SMU

36.8

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · USC

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games