Player Dossier

2022-2025

Sam Houston

AJ Edwards

DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Madison, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ Edwards shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.5

Efficiency

24.6

Consistency

15.2

Season Value

37.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Texas State • Sam Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Scouting Read

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AJ Edwards, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston. AJ Edwards shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.

AJ Edwards played DB for Texas State and Sam Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, AJ Edwards recorded 103 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Sam Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Sam Houston paired 10 primary output with 24.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.6 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas State, Sam Houston.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Loss with 4 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 · Sam Houston

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

24.6

Usage

8.5

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 0. Western Kentucky: 2. Hawai'i: 4. Texas: 0. New Mexico State: 1. UTEP: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1. Oregon State: 0. Delaware: 0. Middle Tennessee: 2. Florida International: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 3 by 12.5. Western Kentucky: 8 by 53.3. Hawai'i: 5 by 60.8. Texas: 4 by 16.7. New Mexico State: 2 by 18.3. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 39.2. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. Delaware: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 32.5. Florida International: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 9 · +1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 11/29vs Florida InternationalL 16-5633000
Sat 11/22@ Middle TennesseeSplash gameL 17-3133001
Sun 11/16vs DelawareW 26-2311000
Sun 11/9@ Oregon StateW 21-1732000
Sat 11/1@ Louisiana TechL 14-55720010
Wed 10/15vs UTEPL 17-3521000
Fri 10/3@ New Mexico StateL 10-3721001
Sun 9/21@ TexasL 0-5543000
Sun 9/7@ Hawai'iSplash gameL 20-3754112
Sat 8/30vs UNLVL 21-3832000
Sat 8/23@ Western KentuckySplash gameL 24-4187200

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Texas State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Sam Houston

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTexas State715.52.4
2023 PostseasonTexas State6.516.93.9-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State6.516.93.90
2024 Regular SeasonTexas State17.10.4-5.5
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston1024.68.59

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Hawai'i

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.

#2

UL Monroe

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.

#3

Coastal Carolina

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

#4

Southern Miss

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.

#5

Arkansas State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

10 primary output · 24.6 efficiency · 8.5 usage

37.1

#2

2022 Regular Season · Texas State

25.8

7 primary · 15.5 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Texas State

24.6

6.5 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

103

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 37 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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