Usage Score
7
Player Dossier
2023-2025Kentucky
Tavion Gadson
DL • 6'5" • 298 lbs • Savannah, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tavion Gadson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
20.2
Consistency
37.9
Season Value
21.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 3
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
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.
Tavion Gadson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. Tavion Gadson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 6.5 primary output with 20.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss with 2 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 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
20.2
Usage
7
Consistency
37.9
Best Game by takeover score
Louisville
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Ole Miss: 0.5. Eastern Michigan: 0. South Carolina: 2. Georgia: 0. Texas: 1. Tennessee: 0. Auburn: 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. Toledo: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 3 by 17.5. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Texas: 4 by 26.7. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Auburn: 2 by 28.3. Louisville: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Wins1 · n=3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · n=6 · -0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · n=5 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=4 · +0.1 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Louisville | L 0-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Auburn | W 10-3 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Tennessee | L 34-56 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas | L 13-16 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Georgia | L 14-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ South Carolina | L 13-35 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 48-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ole Miss | L 23-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Toledo | W 24-16 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Kentucky
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 9.2 | 2.7 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6.5 | 20.2 | 7 | 6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
South Carolina
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.2 takeover score.
#2
Auburn
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.9 takeover score.
#3
Mississippi State
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.6 takeover score.
#4
Texas
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.
#5
Toledo
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
6.5 primary output · 20.2 efficiency · 7 usage
21.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
16.3
1 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.8807
Jenkins · Savannah, GA
- Committed To
- —
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
3
Seasons tracked
30
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 11 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.