Player Dossier

2023-2025

Duke

Semaj Turner

DE • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Semaj Turner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.

Usage Score

0.8

Efficiency

5

Consistency

100

Season Value

35.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

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.

Semaj Turner, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Duke. Semaj Turner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.

Semaj Turner played DE for Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Semaj Turner recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Duke paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Duke

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0. Illinois: 0. NC State: 0. California: 0. UConn: 0

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. Arizona State: 0 by 0. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 3 by 12.5. California: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs NC State

Result
Wed 12/31vs Arizona StateW 42-3900000
Sat 11/8@ UConnL 34-3711000
Sun 10/5@ CaliforniaW 45-2110000
Sat 9/20vs NC StateW 45-3330000
Sat 9/6vs IllinoisL 19-4510000

Career Arc

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

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    Duke

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonDuke06.31.1
2024 Regular SeasonDuke00
2025 PostseasonDuke050.80
2025 Regular SeasonDuke050.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

NC State

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Primary metric

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.7 takeover score.

#2

Northwestern

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.2 takeover score.

#3

UConn

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#4

UConn

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#5

California

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Duke

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

35.8

#2

2025 Postseason · Duke

35.3

0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Duke

35.3

0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8672

Reagan · Pfafftown, NC

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

9

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 7 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.