Usage Score
1.1
Player Dossier
2019-2021South Alabama
Ryan Melton
DB • 5'11" • 177 lbs • West Point, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Melton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
Efficiency
7.9
Consistency
5.6
Season Value
4.7
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
192021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 3
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Scouting Read
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Ryan Melton, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama. Ryan Melton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 4 primary output with 18.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 7.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
7.9
Usage
1.1
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | @ Alabama | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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- 1
South Alabama
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Progression
201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1 | 6.8 | 1.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Alabama | 4 | 18.8 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1 | 7.9 | 1.1 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Texas State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.7 takeover score.
#2
Unknown
1
Primary metric
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.4 takeover score.
#3
Georgia Southern
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.
#4
Southern Miss
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.8 takeover score.
#5
Coastal Carolina
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
4 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
13.5
#2
2021 Regular Season · South Alabama
4.7
1 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
4.4
1 primary · 6.8 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2019 · Rating 0.7794
West Point · West Point, MS
- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Career Facts
1
Career teams
3
Seasons tracked
40
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 21 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.