Player Dossier

2023-2025

Purdue

Drake Carlson

DL • 6'3" • 302 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Drake Carlson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

3.5

Efficiency

10.8

Consistency

50

Season Value

18.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

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.

Drake Carlson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue. Drake Carlson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Purdue paired 0.5 primary output with 10.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Loss with 0.5 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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2024 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.8

Usage

3.5

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Penn State: 0.5

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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Losses0.3 · Games = 2
All Games0.3 · Games = 2

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

13.3 vs Penn State

Result
Sat 11/16vs Penn StateL 10-49210.5000
Sat 10/5@ WisconsinL 6-5221000

Career Arc

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

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    Purdue

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue0
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue0.510.83.50.5
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue0-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Penn State

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Primary metric

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.8 takeover score.

#2

Wisconsin

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

0.5 primary output · 10.8 efficiency · 3.5 usage

18.6

#2

2023 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8753

Father Ryan · Nashville, TN

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

4

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 2 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Drake Carlson quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
4