Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Maryland
Lavain Scruggs
DB • 6'3" • 215 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lavain Scruggs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Lavain Scruggs built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 13, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Lavain Scruggs' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Lavain Scruggs, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland. Lavain Scruggs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 112
- TFL
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
Quick Answers
Lavain Scruggs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DB
- Career Tackles
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Archbishop Spalding · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Archbishop Spalding · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · DB 76th (top 8%) · Big Ten 52nd (top 7%) · National 354th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 11 | 43 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 64 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 47 |
Related Context
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Lavain Scruggs played DB for Maryland. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lavain Scruggs recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Maryland paired 6.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.6 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: Florida Atlantic
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
27.6
Usage
5.6
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 3. Northern Illinois: 0. Towson: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Washington: 1. Nebraska: 0. UCLA: 0. Indiana: 0.5. Rutgers: 1. Illinois: 0. Michigan: 1. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 4 by 46.7. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Towson: 2 by 8.3. Wisconsin: 5 by 20.8. Washington: 5 by 30.8. Nebraska: 7 by 29.2. UCLA: 4 by 16.7. Indiana: 3 by 17.5. Rutgers: 10 by 51.7. Illinois: 11 by 45.8. Michigan: 8 by 43.3. Michigan State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida Atlantic
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Michigan State | L 28-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Michigan | L 20-45 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Illinois10+ tackles | L 6-24 | 11 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Rutgers10+ tackles | L 20-35 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Indiana | L 10-55 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UCLA | L 17-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Nebraska | L 31-34 | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Washington | L 20-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Wisconsin | W 27-10 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Towson | W 44-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Northern Illinois | W 20-9 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 39-7 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Lavain Scruggs story
Lavain Scruggs built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 13, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Lavain Scruggs' career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Lavain Scruggs' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Maryland
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 1 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 1 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 19.9 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 6.5 | 27.6 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs USC
Week 8 · W 29-28 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 39-7
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Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 72 Rutgers
Week 11 · L 20-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Auburn
Week 1 · W 31-13 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Indiana
Week 5 · L 28-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
6.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 5.6 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Maryland
32.8
4 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 4.2 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Maryland
12.7
1 primary · 7.7 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
1
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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