Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Buffalo
Tristan Souza
DT • 6'1" • 285 lbs • Camas, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tristan Souza shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
21
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Washington State • Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Lafayette
2★
- Committed To
- Washington State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Tristan Souza, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Buffalo. Tristan Souza shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Tristan Souza quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DT
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Lafayette
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Camas · Washington State
- High school pipeline
- Camas · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DT 203rd (top 88%) · Mid-American 413th (top 72%) · National 4,307th (top 70%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.9 |
Related Context
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Tristan Souza played DT for Washington State and Buffalo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tristan Souza recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 2 primary output with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.9 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Buffalo.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
5.9
Usage
1.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 9.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
9.2 vs Bowling Green
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Washington State
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Buffalo
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 8.8 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1.2 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Lafayette
Week 1 · W 30-13
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 14 · W 43-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 10 · W 28-3 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
25.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Toledo
Week 7 · W 30-15 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#5
@ UConn
Week 5 · L 3-47
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Buffalo
2 primary output · 8.8 efficiency · 1.5 usage
32.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
12.9
0.5 primary · 5.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Washington State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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