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Player Dossier
2022-2025Utah
Paul Fitzgerald
DE • 6'4" • 251 lbs • Idaho Falls, ID, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Paul Fitzgerald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Utah State • Utah
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
Paul Fitzgerald built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Idaho Falls, ID wearing No. 40, spending time with Utah and Utah State. The clearest part of Paul Fitzgerald's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Utah State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Paul Fitzgerald, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Utah State. Paul Fitzgerald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 57
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 7.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Paul Fitzgerald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah · DE
- Career Tackles
- 57
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Utah State
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Thunder Ridge · Utah State
- High school pipeline
- Thunder Ridge · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DE 186th (top 66%) · Big 12 403rd (top 55%) · National 3,344th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Utah State | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 52.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 13 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah | 2 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 36.2 |
Related Context
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Paul Fitzgerald played DE for Utah State and Utah. Across 4 tracked seasons, Paul Fitzgerald recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Utah State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Utah State paired 18 primary output with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 27.8 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 Utah State, Utah.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2023 Postseason · Utah State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
27.8
Usage
7
Consistency
24.9
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia State: 6. Iowa: 0. Idaho State: 3.5. Air Force: 0. James Madison: 0. UConn: 0. Colorado State: 3. Fresno State: 2. San José State: 0. San Diego State: 0.5. Nevada: 2. Boise State: 1. New Mexico: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia State: 4 by 66.7. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Idaho State: 6 by 60. Air Force: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. UConn: 3 by 12.5. Colorado State: 2 by 38.3. Fresno State: 5 by 40.8. San José State: 3 by 12.5. San Diego State: 4 by 21.7. Nevada: 7 by 49.2. Boise State: 3 by 22.5. New Mexico: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 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
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs Georgia State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/23 | vs Georgia State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 22-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/24 | @ New Mexico | W 44-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Boise State | L 10-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs NevadaSplash game | W 41-24 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ San Diego State | W 32-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ San José State | L 21-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Fresno StateSplash game | L 32-37 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/8 | vs Colorado StateSplash game | W 44-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ UConn | W 34-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | vs James Madison | L 38-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Air Force | L 21-39 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 78-28 | 6 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Iowa | L 14-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Paul Fitzgerald story
Paul Fitzgerald built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Idaho Falls, ID wearing No. 40, spending time with Utah and Utah State. The clearest part of Paul Fitzgerald's career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Utah State. 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 Paul Fitzgerald's production has multiple signals. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah and Utah State.
The arc is straightforward: Paul Fitzgerald 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
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Utah State
2022-2023
Opening stop
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Utah
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Utah State | 18 | 27.8 | 7 | 18 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 18 | 27.8 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -18 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Utah | 2 | 24.6 | 7.1 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia State
Week 1 · L 22-45 · Postseason
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Cal Poly
Week 2 · W 63-9
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Idaho State
Week 2 · W 78-28
3.5
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Nevada
Week 11 · W 41-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Colorado State
Week 6 · W 44-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Utah State
18 primary output · 27.8 efficiency · 7 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Utah State
52.7
18 primary · 27.8 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Utah
36.9
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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