Player Dossier

2021-2025

North Carolina

Pryce Yates

DL • 6'4" • 265 lbs • San Antonio, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Pryce Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

87%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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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 · UConn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UConn • North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Pryce Yates built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with North Carolina and UConn. The clearest part of Pryce Yates' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.817

Reagan · San Antonio, TX

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Pryce Yates, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · UConn. Pryce Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
107
TFL
28.5
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
12
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Pryce Yates quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · DL
Career Tackles
107
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · UConn
Top game
Boston College
Recruit profile
3-star · Reagan · UConn
High school pipeline
Reagan · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
3 tackles · DL 894th (top 83%) · ACC 539th (top 68%) · National 4,266th (top 69%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonUConn12417.53.55-049.6
2023 Regular SeasonUConn1242144.522066.1
2024 PostseasonUConn7631--061.7
2024 Regular SeasonUConn7153.52.551061.7
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina130.50--038.1

Related Context

Pryce Yates played DL for UConn and North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Pryce Yates recorded 4 passing yards and 107 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

UConn paired 22.5 primary output with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 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 UConn, North Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sacred Heart

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · UConn

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

30.4

Usage

11.4

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

Sacred Heart

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. NC State: 1.5. Georgia State: 1. Florida International: 6.5. Duke: 0. Utah State: 0. Rice: 2. South Florida: 1. Boston College: 2. Tennessee: 0. James Madison: 0. Sacred Heart: 7. Massachusetts: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 5 by 35.8. Georgia State: 3 by 22.5. Florida International: 6 by 75. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. Rice: 1 by 24.2. South Florida: 3 by 22.5. Boston College: 6 by 45. Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. James Madison: 1 by 4.2. Sacred Heart: 6 by 75. Massachusetts: 4 by 31.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3.5 · Games = 3 · +2.2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 9 · -2.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sacred Heart

Best efficiency game

75 vs Sacred Heart

Result
Sat 11/25@ MassachusettsW 31-18421.5000
Sat 11/18vs Sacred HeartSplash gameW 31-364411
Sat 11/11@ James MadisonL 6-4411000
Sat 11/4@ TennesseeL 3-5921000
Sat 10/28@ Boston CollegeSplash gameL 14-2164110
Sat 10/21vs South FloridaL 21-24300.500.500
Sat 10/7@ RiceSplash gameW 38-3111110
Sat 9/30vs Utah StateL 33-3432000
Sat 9/23vs DukeL 7-4120000
Sat 9/16vs Florida InternationalSplash gameL 17-24653.5011
Sat 9/9@ Georgia StateL 14-3532100
Thu 8/31vs NC StateL 14-24531.5000

Player Story

Pryce Yates story

Pryce Yates built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with North Carolina and UConn. The clearest part of Pryce Yates' career was his defensive production: 107 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Pryce Yates' 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

    UConn

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Carolina

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonUConn0
2022 Regular SeasonUConn1625.58.216
2023 Regular SeasonUConn22.530.411.46.5
2024 PostseasonUConn1635.310-6.5
2024 Regular SeasonUConn1635.3100
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0.517.53.9-15.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Boston College

Week 9 · W 13-3

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Sacred Heart

Week 12 · W 31-3

7

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Rice

Week 9 · W 17-10

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida International

Week 3 · L 17-24

6.5

Havoc Plays

89.3 takeover

Loss with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.3 takeover score.

#5

@ North Carolina

Week 1 · W 27-14 · Postseason

4

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · UConn

22.5 primary output · 30.4 efficiency · 11.4 usage

66.1

#2

2024 Postseason · UConn

61.7

16 primary · 35.3 efficiency · 10 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · UConn

61.7

16 primary · 35.3 efficiency · 10 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games