Usage Score
2.1
Player Dossier
2021-2025Texas Tech
Dontae Balfour
DB • 6'1" • 185 lbs • Starke, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dontae Balfour shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.1 disruption score.
Efficiency
15.1
Consistency
47
Season Value
18.5
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · North Carolina
2122232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Charlotte • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Scouting Read
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Dontae Balfour, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · North Carolina. Dontae Balfour shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.1 disruption score.
Dontae Balfour played DB for North Carolina, Charlotte, and Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dontae Balfour recorded 131 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Charlotte.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
North Carolina paired 0 primary output with 25 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.1 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Charlotte, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Win with 1.5 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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2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
15.1
Usage
2.1
Consistency
47
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 0. Oregon State: 1.5. Utah: 1. Houston: 1. Kansas: 0. Arizona State: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. BYU: 1. UCF: 0. West Virginia: 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. Kent State: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 3 by 27.5. Utah: 5 by 30.8. Houston: 2 by 18.3. Kansas: 2 by 8.3. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 0 by 10. UCF: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 9
First Half0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.6 · Games = 10
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ West Virginia | W 49-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs UCF | W 48-9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs BYU | W 29-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Oklahoma State | W 42-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Arizona State | L 22-26 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Kansas | W 42-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Houston | W 35-11 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Utah | W 34-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Oregon State | W 45-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Kent State | W 62-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
North Carolina
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Charlotte
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Texas Tech
2025
Final stop
Season Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 25 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Charlotte | 12 | 31.4 | 5.1 | 12 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Charlotte | 13.5 | 30.5 | 6.1 | 1.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 5.5 | 15.1 | 2.1 | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Memphis
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Primary metric
5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.6 takeover score.
#2
Rice
3.5
Primary metric
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.4 takeover score.
#3
Oregon State
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.
#4
James Madison
2.5
Primary metric
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.
#5
UAB
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2022 Regular Season · North Carolina
0 primary output · 25 efficiency · 4.8 usage
43.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Charlotte
27
13.5 primary · 30.5 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
18.5
5.5 primary · 15.1 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2021 · Rating 0.8858
Bradford · Starke, FL
- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Career Facts
3
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
131
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 33 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.