Player Dossier

2022-2025

Michigan State

Dillon Tatum

DB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dillon Tatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.1

Efficiency

11

Consistency

4.8

Season Value

5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Michigan State • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dillon Tatum, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan State. Dillon Tatum shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

11

Usage

2.1

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Unknown: 1. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Purdue: 0. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 4 by 26.7. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 4 by 16.7. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0 · n=4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=2 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · n=4 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=3 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Unknown

Result
Fri 12/26vs Central MichiganW 34-711000
Sun 11/30@ IllinoisL 13-2010000
Sat 10/18vs PurdueW 19-020000
Sat 10/4vs UL MonroeW 42-744000
Sat 9/27vs UCLAW 17-1432000
Sat 9/13vs OregonL 14-3411000
Fri 9/5vs Unknown43001

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Michigan State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMichigan State113.71.9
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan State9.531.44.48.5
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan State012.52.1-9.5
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern1112.11
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1112.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Nebraska

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#2

Wisconsin

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#4

Maryland

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.6 takeover score.

#5

Central Michigan

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

38.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · Michigan State

27.6

9.5 primary · 31.4 efficiency · 4.4 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Michigan State

6.1

1 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 1.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9046

West Bloomfield · West Bloomfield, MI

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

78

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 22 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
78