Player Dossier

2023-2025

Auburn

DJ Reed

DL • 6'4" • 285 lbs • Columbus, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.9

Efficiency

13.8

Consistency

10

Season Value

12.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Auburn • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

DJ Reed, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State. DJ Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Mississippi State paired 5 primary output with 13.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Auburn, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game 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 Regular Season · Mississippi State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.8

Usage

4.9

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. Arizona State: 0. Unknown: 2. Northern Illinois: 0. Tennessee: 2. Florida: 0. Texas: 0. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 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. Southern Miss: 1 by 14.2. Arizona State: 0 by 0. Unknown: 4 by 36.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. Florida: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=6 · +0 vs Wins
First Half1 · n=5 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=5 · -1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Tennessee

Result
Fri 11/28vs Ole MissL 19-3810000
Sun 11/16@ MissouriL 27-4931000
Sat 11/8vs GeorgiaL 21-4110000
Sat 10/25vs TexasL 38-4510000
Sat 10/18@ FloridaL 21-2330000
Sat 9/27vs TennesseeL 34-4142110
Sat 9/20vs Northern IllinoisW 38-1030000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown41110
Sat 9/6vs Arizona StateW 24-2000000
Sat 8/30@ Southern MissW 34-1710001

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Auburn

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonAuburn0
2024 Regular SeasonAuburn00
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State513.84.95

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.1 takeover score.

#2

Tennessee

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.

#3

Southern Miss

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.6 takeover score.

#4

Missouri

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#5

Florida

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

5 primary output · 13.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage

12.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · Auburn

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Auburn

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9272

Carver · Columbus, GA

Committed To
Auburn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

21

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 10 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

DJ Reed quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
21