Player Dossier

2020-2022

Memphis

Sylvonta Oliver

DB • 5'10" • 175 lbs • Como, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sylvonta Oliver shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Sylvonta Oliver built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive back from Como, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Sylvonta Oliver's career was his defensive...

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Sylvonta Oliver, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Memphis. Sylvonta Oliver shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
86
TFL
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
14

Quick Answers

Sylvonta Oliver quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · DB
Career Tackles
86
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
Utah State
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
42 tackles · DB 195th (top 21%) · American Athletic 65th (top 14%) · National 800th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonMemphis92-0--034.7
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis92410-5034.7
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis918-013028.7
2022 PostseasonMemphis110-0-2054.2
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis1142-0-4054.2

Related Context

Sylvonta Oliver played DB for Memphis. Across 3 tracked seasons, Sylvonta Oliver recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Memphis paired 9 primary output with 25 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Win with 4 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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2022 Postseason · Memphis

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

25

Usage

4.8

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 4. Mississippi State: 0. Navy: 1. North Texas: 1. Temple: 1. Houston: 1. East Carolina: 0. Tulane: 0. UCF: 0. Tulsa: 0. SMU: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 0 by 40. Mississippi State: 4 by 16.7. North Texas: 1 by 14.2. Temple: 4 by 26.7. Houston: 8 by 43.3. East Carolina: 10 by 41.7. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 8 by 33.3. Tulsa: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Houston

Result
Tue 12/27@ Utah StateSplash gameW 38-10000022
Sat 11/26@ SMUL 31-3432001
Fri 11/11vs TulsaW 26-1021000
Sat 11/5vs UCFL 28-3585000
Sat 10/22@ TulaneL 28-3822000
Sat 10/15@ East Carolina10+ tacklesL 45-471010000
Fri 10/7vs HoustonL 32-3388001
Sat 10/1vs TempleW 24-344001
Sat 9/24vs North TexasW 44-3410001
Sat 9/10@ NavyW 37-131
Sat 9/3@ Mississippi StateL 23-4944000

Player Story

Sylvonta Oliver story

Sylvonta Oliver built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive back from Como, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Sylvonta Oliver's career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 5 interceptions, and 14 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Sylvonta Oliver's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonMemphis719.83.2
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis719.83.20
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis513.93.7-2
2022 PostseasonMemphis9254.84
2022 Regular SeasonMemphis9254.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah State

Week 1 · W 38-10 · Postseason

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

vs Arkansas State

Week 1 · W 37-24

2

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#3

vs South Florida

Week 10 · W 34-33 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Houston

Week 12 · L 13-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Nicholls

Week 1 · W 42-17

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Memphis

9 primary output · 25 efficiency · 4.8 usage

54.2

#2

2022 Regular Season · Memphis

54.2

9 primary · 25 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Memphis

34.7

7 primary · 19.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games