Player Dossier

2023-2025

Kentucky

DJ Waller Jr.

DB • 6'3" • 203 lbs • Youngstown, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Waller Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

0.8

Efficiency

4.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

35

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Michigan • Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn

Scouting Read

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DJ Waller Jr., DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. DJ Waller Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

DJ Waller Jr. played DB for Michigan and Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, DJ Waller Jr. recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 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 Michigan, Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Toledo

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Toledo

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Toledo

Result
Sat 8/30vs ToledoW 24-1610000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Michigan

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kentucky

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan19.31.6
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky212.41.71
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky04.20.8-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Auburn

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.

#2

Michigan State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#3

Ole Miss

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#4

UNLV

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.6 takeover score.

#5

Georgia

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

35

#2

2024 Regular Season · Kentucky

9.9

2 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 1.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Michigan

5.9

1 primary · 9.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8759

Chaney · Youngstown, OH

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

25

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 13 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.