Usage Score
4.8
Player Dossier
2022-2025Florida State
A.J. Cottrill
LB • 6'0" • 228 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
A.J. Cottrill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Efficiency
16.1
Consistency
53.1
Season Value
43.5
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida State
22232425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Scouting Read
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A.J. Cottrill, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Florida State. A.J. Cottrill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
A.J. Cottrill played LB for Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, A.J. Cottrill recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Florida State paired 5 primary output with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
16.1
Usage
4.8
Consistency
53.1
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Texas A&M: 1. Kent State: 2. Virginia: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Texas A&M: 4 by 26.7. Kent State: 3 by 32.5. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 1 by 14.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 22.5. Florida: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Kent State
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Florida State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 5 | 16.1 | 4.8 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Kent State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.
#2
East Texas A&M
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.
#3
Wake Forest
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.
#4
Pittsburgh
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 22.7 takeover score.
#5
Charleston Southern
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Florida State
5 primary output · 16.1 efficiency · 4.8 usage
43.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Florida State
36.6
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Florida State
35
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
29
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 16 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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