Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Tennessee
Colton Hood
DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • Mcdonough, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Colton Hood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Auburn • Colorado • Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Colton Hood built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Auburn, Colorado, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Colton Hood's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 5
- Overall
- No. 37
- NFL Team
- New York Giants
Colton Hood, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Tennessee. Colton Hood shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 76
- TFL
- 5.5
- Passes defended
- 14
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Colton Hood quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · DB
- Career Tackles
- 76
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Eagle's Landing Christian Academy · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Eagle's Landing Christian Academy · 11 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 5 · New York Giants
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 50 tackles · DB 137th (top 15%) · SEC 81st (top 11%) · National 603rd (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee | 12 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | - | 8 | 2 | 53.1 |
Related Context
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Colton Hood played DB for Auburn, Colorado, and Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Colton Hood recorded 76 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 13.5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12.5 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 Auburn, Colorado, Tennessee.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Auburn
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
12.5
Usage
3.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Maryland
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/30 | @ Maryland | L 13-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Colton Hood story
Colton Hood built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with Auburn, Colorado, and Tennessee. The clearest part of Colton Hood's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 14 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Tennessee. 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 Colton Hood's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 119 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Auburn, Colorado, and Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Colton Hood 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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- 1
Auburn
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Tennessee
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Auburn | 0 | 12.5 | 3.6 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 9 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 9 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Tennessee | 13.5 | 28.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 5 · W 41-34 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 115 Syracuse
Week 1 · W 45-26
3
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 123 New Mexico State
Week 12 · W 42-9
1.5
Havoc Plays
48.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 53 Arkansas
Week 7 · W 34-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 14 · W 52-0 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
44.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Tennessee
13.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 4.1 usage
53.1
#2
2023 Postseason · Auburn
47.5
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 3.6 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Colorado
37.7
9 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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