Player Dossier

2020-2025

Nevada

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.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

16

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

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...

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DJ 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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA12-0--040.3
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA69-0-2016.3
2022 Regular SeasonArizona92610-1020.4
2023 PostseasonArizona8311--041.8
2023 Regular SeasonArizona81222--041.8
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana3411-1026.2
2025 Regular SeasonNevada8160.501-016.1

Related Context

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

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.3 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: Washington

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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2022 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

14.3

Usage

3.2

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Washington

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Dakota State: 0. California: 0. Colorado: 0.5. Oregon: 0. Washington: 1.5. USC: 0. UCLA: 0. Washington State: 0. Arizona State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Dakota State: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 3 by 17.5. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 11 by 60.8. USC: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 3 by 12.5. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. Arizona 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.

Wins0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Washington

Result
Fri 11/25vs Arizona StateW 38-3510000
Sat 11/19vs Washington StateL 20-3110000
Sun 11/13@ UCLAW 34-2833000
Sat 10/29vs USCL 37-4522000
Sat 10/15@ Washington10+ tacklesL 39-491170.5001
Sun 10/9vs OregonL 22-4933000
Sun 10/2vs ColoradoW 43-20310.5000
Sat 9/24@ CaliforniaL 31-4911000
Sun 9/18vs North Dakota StateW 31-2811000

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. 1

    UCLA

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2022-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Indiana

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Nevada

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA08.31.5
2021 Regular SeasonUCLA29.61.32
2022 Regular SeasonArizona214.33.20
2023 PostseasonArizona615.34.74
2023 Regular SeasonArizona615.34.70
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana315.63.4-3
2025 Regular SeasonNevada1.510.23-1.5

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

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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