Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Ryan Melton built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive back from West Point, MS wearing No. 10, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Ryan Melton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Ryan Melton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama. Ryan Melton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 40
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Ryan Melton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · DB
- Career Tackles
- 40
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · West Point · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- West Point · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · DB 580th (top 63%) · Sun Belt 244th (top 53%) · National 2,868th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Alabama | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Alabama | 6 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.9 |
Related Context
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Ryan Melton played DB for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ryan Melton recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with South Alabama.
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 | — | — |
Player Story
Ryan Melton story
Ryan Melton built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a defensive back from West Point, MS wearing No. 10, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Ryan Melton's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Ryan Melton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Alabama
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1 | 6.8 | 1.7 | — |
| 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
vs Texas State
Week 7 · W 30-20 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78 takeover score.
#2
vs Jackson State
Week 2 · W 37-14
1
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 7 · W 41-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 32-21
1
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Coastal Carolina
Week 10 · L 6-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
26.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · South Alabama
4 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 3.4 usage
40.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
12.8
1 primary · 6.8 efficiency · 1.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · South Alabama
11.9
1 primary · 7.9 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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