Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Michigan
TJ Metcalf
DB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
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TJ Metcalf shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arkansas • Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
TJ Metcalf built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with Arkansas and Michigan. The clearest part of TJ Metcalf's career was his defensive...
Read the storyTJ Metcalf, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Arkansas. TJ Metcalf shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 129
- TFL
- 3.5
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
TJ Metcalf quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · DB
- Career Tackles
- 129
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Arkansas
- Top game
- Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Pinson Valley · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 58 tackles · DB 104th (top 11%) · Big Ten 62nd (top 8%) · National 447th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 5 | 15 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas | 12 | 56 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Michigan | 13 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan | 13 | 51 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 48.3 |
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TJ Metcalf played DB for Arkansas and Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, TJ Metcalf recorded 129 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arkansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Arkansas paired 11 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 24.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, Michigan.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Michigan
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
24.4
Usage
4.9
Consistency
59.8
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 1. New Mexico: 0.5. Oklahoma: 1. Central Michigan: 1. Nebraska: 1. Wisconsin: 1. USC: 1. Washington: 0. Michigan State: 0. Purdue: 0. Northwestern: 0. Maryland: 1. Ohio State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 7 by 39.2. New Mexico: 3 by 17.5. Oklahoma: 4 by 26.7. Central Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Nebraska: 4 by 26.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3. USC: 6 by 35. Washington: 4 by 16.7. Michigan State: 5 by 20.8. Purdue: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 2 by 18.3. Ohio State: 10 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 9 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Ohio State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ Texas | L 27-41 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Ohio State10+ tackles | L 9-27 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Maryland | W 45-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Northwestern | W 24-22 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Purdue | W 21-16 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Michigan State | W 31-20 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Washington | W 24-7 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ USC | L 13-31 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Wisconsin | W 24-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Nebraska | W 30-27 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Central Michigan | W 63-3 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Oklahoma | L 13-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs New Mexico | W 34-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
TJ Metcalf story
TJ Metcalf built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 7, spending time with Arkansas and Michigan. The clearest part of TJ Metcalf's career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 11 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Arkansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but TJ Metcalf's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas and Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: TJ Metcalf moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Arkansas
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Michigan
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 12.5 | 2.1 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas | 11 | 28.6 | 5.7 | 11 |
| 2025 Postseason | Michigan | 7.5 | 24.4 | 4.9 | -3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Michigan | 7.5 | 24.4 | 4.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Auburn
Week 4 · W 24-14 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 16 USC
Week 7 · L 13-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 3 · W 63-3
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 17 Texas
Week 1 · L 27-41 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 14 Oklahoma
Week 2 · L 13-24 · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
59.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Arkansas
11 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage
52.8
#2
2025 Postseason · Michigan
48.3
7.5 primary · 24.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Michigan
48.3
7.5 primary · 24.4 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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