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Player Dossier
2020-2024UCF
Deshawn Pace
LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Deshawn Pace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Cincinnati • UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Deshawn Pace built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Cincinnati and UCF. The clearest part of Deshawn Pace's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Cincinnati
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Deshawn Pace, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Deshawn Pace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 301
- TFL
- 29
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 9
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Deshawn Pace quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · LB
- Career Tackles
- 301
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 52 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Colerain · Cincinnati
- High school pipeline
- Colerain · 50 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 61 tackles · LB 208th (top 17%) · Big 12 44th (top 7%) · National 358th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 3 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Cincinnati | 14 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 14 | 86 | 9 | 0.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 12 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 11 | 80 | 11 | 1.5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 71.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 12 | 61 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.9 |
Related Context
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Deshawn Pace played LB for Cincinnati and UCF. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deshawn Pace recorded 301 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Cincinnati.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Cincinnati paired 24.5 primary output with 52.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 52.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, UCF.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.2
Efficiency
52.1
Usage
15.1
Consistency
35.6
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1. Pittsburgh: 3. Miami (OH): 1. BYU: 4.5. Iowa State: 1. Baylor: 5.5. Oklahoma State: 0.5. UCF: 5. Houston: 2. West Virginia: 1. Kansas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 6 by 35. Pittsburgh: 5 by 50.8. Miami (OH): 3 by 22.5. BYU: 9 by 82.5. Iowa State: 10 by 51.7. Baylor: 11 by 95.8. Oklahoma State: 6 by 30. UCF: 9 by 87.5. Houston: 5 by 40.8. West Virginia: 12 by 60. Kansas: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs Baylor
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/26 | vs Kansas | L 16-49 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ West Virginia10+ tackles | L 21-42 | 12 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ HoustonSplash game | W 24-14 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs UCFSplash game | L 26-28 | 9 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Oklahoma State | L 13-45 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Baylor10+ tackles · Splash game | L 29-32 | 11 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Iowa State10+ tackles | L 10-30 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ BYUSplash game | L 27-35 | 9 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Miami (OH) | L 24-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ PittsburghSplash game | W 27-21 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 66-13 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Deshawn Pace story
Deshawn Pace built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Cincinnati and UCF. The clearest part of Deshawn Pace's career was his defensive production: 301 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 8 interceptions across 52 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Cincinnati. 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 Deshawn Pace'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 Cincinnati and UCF.
The arc is straightforward: Deshawn Pace 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
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- 1
Cincinnati
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 0 | 13.9 | 2.4 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Cincinnati | 17 | 40.4 | 9.2 | 17 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 17 | 40.4 | 9.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 9 | 26.6 | 5.8 | -8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Cincinnati | 24.5 | 52.1 | 15.1 | 15.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCF | 6.5 | 26.6 | 6.5 | -18 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Baylor
Week 8 · L 29-32 · Conference game
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
vs UCF
Week 10 · L 26-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
92.8 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.8 takeover score.
#3
@ BYU
Week 5 · L 27-35 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 3 · W 38-24
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Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Navy
Week 8 · W 27-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati
24.5 primary output · 52.1 efficiency · 15.1 usage
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#2
2021 Postseason · Cincinnati
63.5
17 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Cincinnati
63.5
17 primary · 40.4 efficiency · 9.2 usage
Milestones
14
Impact games
13
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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