Player Dossier

2022-2025

Vanderbilt

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.

Usage Score

5.8

Efficiency

15.8

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

13.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · North Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Vanderbilt • North Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

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.

BJ Diakite, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · North Alabama. BJ Diakite shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

North Alabama paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 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: Northern Illinois

Win with 3.5 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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2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

5.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Northern Illinois: 3.5. Alabama: 1. Florida: 0. Tennessee: 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. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Northern Illinois: 3 by 47.5. Alabama: 1 by 14.2. Florida: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins1.2 · n=3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · n=2 · -0.7 vs Wins
First Half1.2 · n=3 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=3 · -0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northern Illinois

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Sun 11/27vs TennesseeL 0-5620000
Sat 11/19vs FloridaW 31-2410000
Sat 9/24@ AlabamaL 3-5511001
Sat 9/17@ Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 38-28322.5010
Sat 9/3vs Unknown21000
Sun 8/28@ Hawai'iW 63-1032000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Vanderbilt

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Alabama

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt4.515.85.8
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt4.514.33.80
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt06.31.2-4.5
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Alabama08.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Northern Illinois

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Primary metric

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#2

UNLV

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.9 takeover score.

#3

Missouri

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.6 takeover score.

#4

Tennessee

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 18.3 takeover score.

#5

Alabama

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 14.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · North Alabama

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · usage

54.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

13.5

4.5 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8644

Pinson Valley · Pinson, AL

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

35

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 18 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

BJ Diakite quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DE
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
35