Player Dossier

2020-2022

Indiana

Lem Watley-Neely

DB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Harper Woods, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lem Watley-Neely shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

1

Efficiency

7.9

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

6.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

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.

Lem Watley-Neely, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Indiana. Lem Watley-Neely shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Lem Watley-Neely played DB for Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lem Watley-Neely recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Indiana paired 1 primary output with 7.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Loss 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

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2022 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7.9

Usage

1

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Maryland: 0. Penn State: 0. Ohio State: 1. Michigan State: 0

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. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 3 by 22.5. Michigan State: 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 = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Ohio State

Result
Sat 11/19@ Michigan StateW 39-3111000
Sat 11/12@ Ohio StateL 14-5632001
Sat 11/5vs Penn StateL 14-4521000
Sat 10/15vs MarylandL 33-3811000
Sat 9/24@ CincinnatiL 24-4511000
Sat 9/17vs Western KentuckyW 33-3011000

Career Arc

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

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    Indiana

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana0
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana00
2022 Regular SeasonIndiana17.911

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#2

Penn State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#3

Michigan State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#4

Maryland

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#5

Cincinnati

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Indiana

1 primary output · 7.9 efficiency · 1 usage

6.1

#2

2020 Regular Season · Indiana

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Indiana

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.9036

Lincoln · San Diego, CA

Committed To
Oregon
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

9

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 6 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.