Player Dossier

2019-2024

New Mexico

Dominic Tatum

S • 6'3" • 201 lbs • Culver City, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dominic Tatum 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 safety

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: 2021 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Utah State • Washington State • New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Dominic Tatum built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Culver City, CA wearing No. 39, spending time with New Mexico, Utah State, and Washington State. The clearest part of Dominic Tatum's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8222

Culver City · Culver City, CA

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Dominic Tatum, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Utah State. Dominic Tatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
69
TFL
3
Sacks
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Dominic Tatum quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · S
Career Tackles
69
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 22 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
3-star · Culver City · Utah State
High school pipeline
Culver City · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
2 tackles · S 480th (top 88%) · Mountain West 364th (top 67%) · National 4,278th (top 71%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUtah State33-0-2037.2
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State4190.50-2045.7
2021 Regular SeasonUtah State4220.50-2048.3
2022 Regular SeasonUtah State92321--035.4
2023 Regular SeasonWashington State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico22-0--036.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Washington State to New MexicoG5/FCS to G5/FCS73.8Dec 4, 2023

Dominic Tatum played S for Utah State, Washington State, and New Mexico. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dominic Tatum recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Utah State paired 2.5 primary output with 29.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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 Utah State, Washington State, New Mexico.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

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

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2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 0. Utah State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Utah State

Result
Sat 10/19@ Utah StateW 50-4510000
Sun 9/1@ ArizonaL 39-6111000

Player Story

Dominic Tatum story

Dominic Tatum built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Culver City, CA wearing No. 39, spending time with New Mexico, Utah State, and Washington State. The clearest part of Dominic Tatum's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Dominic Tatum'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

    Utah State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Washington State

    2023

    Transition stop

  3. 3

    New Mexico

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUtah State210.80.7
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State2.5263.60.5
2021 Regular SeasonUtah State2.529.24.50
2022 Regular SeasonUtah State3142.90.5
2023 Regular SeasonWashington State0-3
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico04.20.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UNLV

Week 4 · L 24-34 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Washington State

Week 1 · W 26-23

1.5

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Fresno State

Week 11 · L 16-35 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

vs North Dakota

Week 2 · W 48-24

1

Havoc Plays

45.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Stony Brook

Week 2 · W 62-7

1

Havoc Plays

44.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Utah State

2.5 primary output · 29.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Utah State

45.7

2.5 primary · 26 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Utah State

37.2

2 primary · 10.8 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games