Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2024SMU
David Abiara
DE • 6'5" • 272 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
David Abiara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for an edge defender
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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: 2023 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
David Abiara, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · SMU. David Abiara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 7
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
David Abiara quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DE
- Career Tackles
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mansfield Legacy · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Mansfield Legacy · 24 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · DE 226th (top 83%) · ACC 545th (top 72%) · National 4,252nd (top 70%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 5 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 52 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
Related Context
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David Abiara played DE for SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, David Abiara recorded 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
SMU paired 4 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Win 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 · SMU
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia
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Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. Virginia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Virginia
Career Arc
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SMU
2022-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 12.2 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ East Carolina
Week 7 · W 31-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Navy
Week 13 · W 59-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
27.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Rice
Week 10 · W 36-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
27.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Temple
Week 8 · W 55-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Tulsa
Week 9 · W 69-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · SMU
4 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage
52
#2
2024 Regular Season · SMU
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · SMU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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