Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Nevada
DJ Warnell
DB • 6'2" • 208 lbs • Dickinson, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DJ Warnell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- UCLA • Arizona • Indiana • Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Player Story
DJ Warnell built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Dickinson, TX wearing No. 14, spending time with Arizona, Indiana, Nevada, and UCLA. The clearest part of DJ Warnell's career was...
Read the storyDJ Warnell, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Arizona. DJ Warnell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 72
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
DJ Warnell quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · DB
- Career Tackles
- 72
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Arizona
- Top game
- Washington
- High school pipeline
- Newbury Park · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DB 486th (top 50%) · Mountain West 198th (top 38%) · National 2,337th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UCLA | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 6 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 16.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Arizona | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Indiana | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 26.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 8 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 16.1 |
Related Context
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DJ Warnell played DB for UCLA, Arizona, Indiana, and Nevada. Across 6 tracked seasons, DJ Warnell recorded 72 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Arizona paired 6 primary output with 15.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.2 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 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across UCLA, Arizona, Indiana, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
10.2
Usage
3
Consistency
4.2
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. Penn State: 0. San Diego State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 1.5. San José State: 0. Wyoming: 0. UNLV: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 2 by 23.3. San José State: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5. UNLV: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Utah State
Best efficiency game
23.3 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs UNLV | L 17-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Wyoming | W 13-7 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs San José State | W 55-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Utah State | L 14-51 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Boise State | L 3-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ New Mexico | L 22-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs San Diego State | L 10-44 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Penn State | L 11-46 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
DJ Warnell story
DJ Warnell built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive back from Dickinson, TX wearing No. 14, spending time with Arizona, Indiana, Nevada, and UCLA. The clearest part of DJ Warnell's career was his defensive production: 72 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives DJ Warnell's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UCLA
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Indiana
2024
Peak year stop
- 4
Nevada
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UCLA | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCLA | 2 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 2 | 14.3 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Arizona | 6 | 15.3 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona | 6 | 15.3 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Indiana | 3 | 15.6 | 3.4 | -3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 1.5 | 10.2 | 3 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington
Week 7 · L 39-49 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado
Week 11 · W 34-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 79 Utah State
Week 11 · L 14-51 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 13 · W 59-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Illinois
Week 2 · W 77-3
3
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Arizona
6 primary output · 15.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage
41.8
#2
2023 Regular Season · Arizona
41.8
6 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · UCLA
40.3
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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