Player Dossier

2011-2015

Texas Tech

J.J. Gaines

DB • 6'0" • Irving, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

J.J. Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

Efficiency

26.7

Consistency

57.7

Season Value

61.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

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.

J.J. Gaines, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech. J.J. Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.7 disruption score.

J.J. Gaines played DB for Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, J.J. Gaines recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State

Win with 2 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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2015 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

26.7

Usage

Consistency

57.7

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Baylor: 1. Iowa State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 2
All Games1.3 · Games = 3

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa State

Best efficiency game

40 vs Iowa State

Result
Sat 10/10vs Iowa StateSplash gameW 66-312
Sat 10/3@ BaylorL 35-631
Sat 9/5vs Unknown1

Career Arc

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    Texas Tech

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20112012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0
2012 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2013 Regular SeasonTexas Tech2202
2014 Regular SeasonTexas Tech2200
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech426.72

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Iowa State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

Kansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

TCU

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

Kansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

Oklahoma State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech

2 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2014 Regular Season · Texas Tech

73.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Texas Tech

61.5

4 primary · 26.7 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8652

Peachtree Ridge · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

0

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 7 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.