Player Dossier

2022-2025

UTSA

Tai Leonard

DL • 6'3" • 260 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tai Leonard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

4

Efficiency

11.7

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

13.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rice

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.

Tai Leonard, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · UTSA. Tai Leonard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

UTSA paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Win with 2 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · UTSA

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

11.7

Usage

4

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 0. Temple: 0. Rice: 2. North Texas: 1. South Florida: 0.5. Charlotte: 0. East Carolina: 0. Army: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 2 by 28.3. North Texas: 3 by 22.5. South Florida: 2 by 13.3. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Army: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · n=4 · -0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.8 · n=4 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · n=4 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Rice

Result
Sat 12/27vs Florida InternationalW 57-2011000
Sat 11/29vs ArmyL 24-2711000
Sat 11/22vs East CarolinaW 58-2422000
Sat 11/15@ CharlotteW 28-711000
Fri 11/7@ South FloridaL 23-55200.5000
Sat 10/18@ North TexasL 17-5532100
Sat 10/11vs RiceSplash gameW 61-1322200
Sat 10/4@ TempleL 21-2720000

Career Arc

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

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    UTSA

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2022202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonUTSA0.55.31.2
2022 Regular SeasonUTSA0.55.31.20
2023 Regular SeasonUTSA410.22.43.5
2024 PostseasonUTSA04.20.7-4
2024 Regular SeasonUTSA04.20.70
2025 PostseasonUTSA3.511.743.5
2025 Regular SeasonUTSA3.511.740

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Rice

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#2

Rice

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.8 takeover score.

#3

Florida Atlantic

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.5 takeover score.

#4

North Texas

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0.5

Primary metric

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · UTSA

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

35

#2

2024 Regular Season · UTSA

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · UTSA

13.3

3.5 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.82

Sumner · Sumner, WA

Committed To
Eastern Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

36

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 27 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Tai Leonard quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
36