Player Dossier

2010-2015

Duke

Braxton Deaver

TE • 6'5" • Charlotte, NC, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Braxton Deaver reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

18

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

7

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Player Story

Braxton Deaver built his college career from 2010 through 2015 as a tight end from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 89, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Braxton Deaver's career was his receiving role: 75...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.8244

Providence · Charlotte, NC

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Braxton Deaver, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Duke. Braxton Deaver reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
890
Receptions
75
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Braxton Deaver quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · TE
Career Receiving Yards
890
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 28 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Texas A&M
Recruit profile
3-star · Providence · Duke
High school pipeline
Providence · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
183 receiving yards · TE 84th (top 28%) · ACC 70th (top 34%) · National 636th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2010 Regular SeasonDuke0-00-
2011 Regular SeasonDuke58107042.4
2012 Regular SeasonDuke0-00-
2013 PostseasonDuke146116067.9
2013 Regular SeasonDuke1440484467.9
2014 Regular SeasonDuke0-00-
2015 PostseasonDuke9215145.8
2015 Regular SeasonDuke919168145.8

Related Context

Braxton Deaver played TE for Duke. Across 6 tracked seasons, Braxton Deaver recorded 890 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Duke paired 600 primary output with 73.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2011 Regular Season · Duke

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

21.4

Efficiency

70.7

Usage

6.7

Consistency

58.8

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 28. Tulane: 7. Miami: 18. Virginia: 46. Georgia Tech: 8

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. Stanford: 2 by 93.3. Tulane: 1 by 46.7. Miami: 2 by 60. Virginia: 2 by 100. Georgia Tech: 1 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins7 · Games = 1 · -18 vs Losses
Losses25 · Games = 4 · +18 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

100 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 11/19vs Georgia TechL 31-38188808
Sat 11/12@ VirginiaL 21-312462323041
Sat 11/5@ MiamiL 14-4921899019
Sat 9/24vs TulaneW 48-27177707
Sat 9/10vs StanfordL 14-442281414020

Player Story

Braxton Deaver story

Braxton Deaver built his college career from 2010 through 2015 as a tight end from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 89, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Braxton Deaver's career was his receiving role: 75 catches, 890 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.

The arc is straightforward: Braxton Deaver 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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    Duke

    2010-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20102011201220132013201420152015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonDuke0
2011 Regular SeasonDuke10770.76.7107
2012 Regular SeasonDuke0-107
2013 PostseasonDuke60073.816.1600
2013 Regular SeasonDuke60073.816.10
2014 Regular SeasonDuke0-600
2015 PostseasonDuke18359.310.1183
2015 Regular SeasonDuke18359.310.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas A&M

Week 1 · L 48-52 · Postseason

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

116

Receiving Yards

89.7 takeover

116 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Virginia

Week 11 · L 21-31 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Virginia

Week 8 · W 35-22 · Conference game

96

Receiving Yards

76 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

96 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Miami

Week 9 · L 27-30 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

73.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.

#5

@ North Carolina

Week 14 · W 27-25 · Conference game

65

Receiving Yards

72.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

65 receiving yards with a 61.9 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Duke

600 primary output · 73.8 efficiency · 16.1 usage

67.9

#2

2013 Regular Season · Duke

67.9

600 primary · 73.8 efficiency · 16.1 usage

#3

2015 Postseason · Duke

45.8

183 primary · 59.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games