Player Dossier

2024-2025

Tennessee

Edrees Farooq

DB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Columbia, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Edrees Farooq shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

51%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Player Story

Edrees Farooq built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Columbia, MD wearing No. 15, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Edrees Farooq's career was his defensive...

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Edrees Farooq, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Tennessee. Edrees Farooq shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
89
TFL
1
Passes defended
3
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Edrees Farooq quick answers

Latest team and position
Tennessee · DB
Career Tackles
89
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Tennessee
Top game
Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
St. Frances Academy · 58 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
76 tackles · DB 29th (top 3%) · SEC 18th (top 3%) · National 194th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee51310--015.6
2025 PostseasonTennessee135-0-1044.4
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee1371-0-2244.4

Related Context

Edrees Farooq played DB for Tennessee. Across 2 tracked seasons, Edrees Farooq recorded 89 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Tennessee paired 5 primary output with 28.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 28.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Tennessee

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

28.2

Usage

4.7

Consistency

10.3

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 1. Syracuse: 2. East Tennessee State: 0. Georgia: 0. UAB: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Arkansas: 0. Alabama: 0. Kentucky: 1. Oklahoma: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Florida: 0. Vanderbilt: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 5 by 30.8. Syracuse: 4 by 36.7. East Tennessee State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 8 by 33.3. UAB: 3 by 12.5. Mississippi State: 7 by 29.2. Arkansas: 9 by 37.5. Alabama: 7 by 29.2. Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. Oklahoma: 10 by 41.7. New Mexico State: 2 by 8.3. Florida: 5 by 20.8. Vanderbilt: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Tue 12/30@ IllinoisL 28-3053001
Sat 11/29vs VanderbiltL 24-45930010
Sun 11/23@ FloridaW 31-1154000
Sat 11/15vs New Mexico StateW 42-920000
Sat 11/1vs Oklahoma10+ tacklesL 27-33106000
Sat 10/25@ KentuckyW 56-34520010
Sat 10/18@ AlabamaL 20-3773000
Sat 10/11vs ArkansasW 34-3196000
Sat 9/27@ Mississippi StateW 41-3472000
Sat 9/20vs UABW 56-2432000
Sat 9/13vs GeorgiaL 41-4482000
Sat 9/6vs East Tennessee StateW 72-1720000
Sat 8/30vs SyracuseSplash gameW 45-2644002

Player Story

Edrees Farooq story

Edrees Farooq built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Columbia, MD wearing No. 15, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Edrees Farooq's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 2 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Edrees Farooq's production has multiple signals. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: Edrees Farooq moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee112.82.7
2025 PostseasonTennessee528.24.74
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee528.24.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 11 Vanderbilt

Week 14 · L 24-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 115 Syracuse

Week 1 · W 45-26

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Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 66 Kentucky

Week 9 · W 56-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#4

@ NC State

Week 2 · W 51-10

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Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 24 Illinois

Week 1 · L 28-30 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

36.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Tennessee

5 primary output · 28.2 efficiency · 4.7 usage

44.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Tennessee

44.4

5 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Tennessee

15.6

1 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 2.7 usage

Milestones

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Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games