Player Dossier

2022-2025

Ball State

Ashton Whitner

DB • 5'11" • 201 lbs • Greenville, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ashton Whitner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Georgia Southern • Old Dominion • Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UConn

Player Story

Ashton Whitner built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Greenville, SC wearing No. 7, spending time with Ball State, Georgia Southern, and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Ashton...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8215

Greenville · Greenville, SC

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Ashton Whitner, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Ashton Whitner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
89
TFL
3.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Ashton Whitner quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · DB
Career Tackles
89
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
UConn
Recruit profile
3-star · Greenville · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Greenville · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
38 tackles · DB 230th (top 24%) · Mid-American 97th (top 17%) · National 982nd (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonOld Dominion94-0--016.4
2023 Regular SeasonOld Dominion921-0--016.4
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion6260.5011037.5
2025 Regular SeasonBall State93830-1049.4

Related Context

Ashton Whitner played DB for Georgia Southern, Old Dominion, and Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ashton Whitner recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Ball State paired 4 primary output with 22 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.2 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Southern, Old Dominion, Ball State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

22.2

Usage

3.5

Consistency

36.7

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 0. East Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. Bowling Green: 0.5. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 1

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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 6 by 35. Bowling Green: 3 by 17.5. James Madison: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 1 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Marshall

Result
Sun 11/24vs MarshallL 35-4294001
Sat 11/16vs James MadisonL 32-3542000
Sat 9/28@ Bowling GreenW 30-27320.5000
Sat 9/14vs Virginia TechL 17-3761000
Sat 9/7vs East CarolinaL 14-2021000
Sat 8/31@ South CarolinaL 19-2321000

Player Story

Ashton Whitner story

Ashton Whitner built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Greenville, SC wearing No. 7, spending time with Ball State, Georgia Southern, and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Ashton Whitner's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Ashton Whitner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Georgia Southern

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Old Dominion

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Ball State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2023 PostseasonOld Dominion112.72.91
2023 Regular SeasonOld Dominion112.72.90
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion2.522.23.51.5
2025 Regular SeasonBall State4227.31.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 53 UConn

Week 4 · L 25-31

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 90 Purdue

Week 1 · L 0-31

1

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#3

vs New Hampshire

Week 3 · W 34-29

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Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Marshall

Week 13 · L 35-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Virginia Tech

Week 3 · L 17-37

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Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Ball State

4 primary output · 22 efficiency · 7.3 usage

49.4

#2

2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion

37.5

2.5 primary · 22.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Old Dominion

16.4

1 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games