Player Dossier

2019-2024

South Carolina

David Spaulding

DB • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Riceboro, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

David Spaulding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

17

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Georgia Southern • South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

David Spaulding built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Riceboro, GA wearing No. 29, spending time with Georgia Southern and South Carolina. The clearest part of David Spaulding's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8622

Centennial · Corona, CA

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

David Spaulding, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Carolina. David Spaulding shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
44
TFL
2.5
Passes defended
7
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

David Spaulding quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · DB
Career Tackles
44
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · South Carolina
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · Centennial
High school pipeline
Centennial · 59 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DB 742nd (top 77%) · SEC 473rd (top 64%) · National 3,844th (top 63%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern47-0-1230.5
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina112010-3237.4
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina4710-3053.6
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina57-0--012.2
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina230.50--020.3

Related Context

David Spaulding played DB for Georgia Southern and South Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, David Spaulding recorded 44 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 5 primary output with 19.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.9 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Southern, South Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

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

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2023 Regular Season · South Carolina

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7.9

Usage

1.7

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Georgia: 0. Mississippi State: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Vanderbilt: 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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 3 by 12.5. Mississippi State: 1 by 14.2. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 11/11vs VanderbiltW 47-610000
Sat 10/28@ Texas A&ML 17-3011000
Sat 9/23vs Mississippi StateW 37-30110010
Sat 9/16@ GeorgiaL 14-2432000
Sat 9/2@ North CarolinaL 17-3111000

Player Story

David Spaulding story

David Spaulding built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Riceboro, GA wearing No. 29, spending time with Georgia Southern and South Carolina. The clearest part of David Spaulding's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. That gives David Spaulding'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

    Georgia Southern

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Carolina

    2021-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern212.32.42
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina512.12.73
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina519.830
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina17.91.7-4
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina0.58.81.5-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kentucky

Week 6 · W 24-14 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Kentucky

Week 4 · L 10-16 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#3

vs Troy

Week 5 · W 23-14

1

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 15 · L 26-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Mississippi State

Week 4 · W 37-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · South Carolina

5 primary output · 19.8 efficiency · 3 usage

53.6

#2

2021 Regular Season · South Carolina

37.4

5 primary · 12.1 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

30.5

2 primary · 12.3 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games