Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025North Alabama
BJ Diakite
DE • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
BJ Diakite shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · North Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt • North Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
BJ Diakite built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Birmingham, AL, spending time with North Alabama and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of BJ Diakite's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
BJ Diakite, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · North Alabama. BJ Diakite shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
BJ Diakite quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Alabama · DE
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · North Alabama
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pinson Valley · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Pinson Valley · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 6 | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 20 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Alabama | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.2 |
Related Context
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BJ Diakite played DE for Vanderbilt and North Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, BJ Diakite recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
North Alabama paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 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 Vanderbilt, North Alabama.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1.2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. Alcorn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Virginia Tech
Player Story
BJ Diakite story
BJ Diakite built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Birmingham, AL, spending time with North Alabama and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of BJ Diakite's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives BJ Diakite's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Vanderbilt
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
North Alabama
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5.5 | 17.5 | 6.5 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 5.5 | 15.4 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 0 | 6.3 | 1.2 | -5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Alabama | 0 | 8.3 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UNLV
Week 3 · L 37-40
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Northern Illinois
Week 3 · W 38-28
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.5 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Alabama
Week 4 · L 3-55 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
48.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Kentucky
Week 4 · L 28-45 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Missouri
Week 5 · L 21-38 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
47.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · North Alabama
0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · — usage
54.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
45.6
5.5 primary · 17.5 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
41.2
5.5 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 4.2 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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