Player Dossier

2023-2025

Texas

Billy Walton III

DE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Grand Prairie, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Billy Walton III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.4

Efficiency

13

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

17

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Texas • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

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.

Billy Walton III, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Billy Walton III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

SMU paired 4 primary output with 13 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13 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 Texas, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · SMU

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

13

Usage

5.4

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 2. Unknown: 0. Stanford: 0. Boston College: 2. Louisville: 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. Arizona: 2 by 28.3. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 24.2. Louisville: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins1 · n=4
First Half0.7 · n=3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · n=2 · +0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · n=5

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Arizona

Result
Sat 1/3vs ArizonaW 24-1921110
Sat 11/22vs LouisvilleW 38-610000
Sat 11/8@ Boston CollegeW 45-1311110
Sat 10/11vs StanfordW 34-1010000
Sun 8/31vs Unknown10000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Texas

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTexas0
2024 Regular SeasonSMU0.511.72.30.5
2025 PostseasonSMU4135.43.5
2025 Regular SeasonSMU4135.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arizona

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#2

Boston College

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#3

California

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

#5

Virginia

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · SMU

4 primary output · 13 efficiency · 5.4 usage

17

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

17

4 primary · 13 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · SMU

6.7

0.5 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8861

South Oak Cliff · Dallas, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

16

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 9 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Billy Walton III quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DE
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
16