Usage Score
2.1
Player Dossier
2022-2025Northwestern
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.
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
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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.
Dillon Tatum played DB for Michigan State and Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dillon Tatum recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Michigan State.
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.
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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
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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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs First Half
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Unknown
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Michigan State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
20222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 13.7 | 1.9 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Michigan State | 9.5 | 31.4 | 4.4 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | -9.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 1 | 11 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 11 | 2.1 | 0 |
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.