Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Ole Miss
TJ Dottery
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Montgomery, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
TJ Dottery shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
82
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ole Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Ole Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
TJ Dottery built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 6, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of TJ Dottery's career was his defensive production: 175...
Read the storyTJ Dottery, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Ole Miss. TJ Dottery shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 175
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
TJ Dottery quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ole Miss · LB
- Career Tackles
- 175
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Ole Miss
- Top game
- South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Montgomery Catholic Preparatory · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 98 tackles · LB 46th (top 4%) · SEC 1st (top 1%) · National 56th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Ole Miss | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 12 | 76 | 4.5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ole Miss | 15 | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 15 | 77 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
TJ Dottery played LB for Ole Miss. Across 2 tracked seasons, TJ Dottery recorded 175 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ole Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Ole Miss paired 13.5 primary output with 37.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 33.9 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: Miami
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Ole Miss
Games
15
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
33.9
Usage
6.8
Consistency
15.6
Best Game by takeover score
Miami
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 2. Georgia: 0. Tulane: 0. Georgia State: 1.5. Kentucky: 0. Arkansas: 1. Tulane: 1. LSU: 0. Washington State: 1. Georgia: 0. Oklahoma: 0. South Carolina: 1.5. The Citadel: 2. Florida: 0. Mississippi State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 11 by 65.8. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Tulane: 6 by 25. Georgia State: 9 by 52.5. Kentucky: 6 by 25. Arkansas: 8 by 43.3. Tulane: 3 by 22.5. LSU: 5 by 20.8. Washington State: 6 by 35. Georgia: 9 by 37.5. Oklahoma: 6 by 25. South Carolina: 4 by 31.7. The Citadel: 7 by 49.2. Florida: 5 by 20.8. Mississippi State: 9 by 37.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 13 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
15 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Miami
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/9 | vs Miami10+ tackles · Splash game | L 27-31 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 1/2 | @ Georgia | W 39-34 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/20 | vs Tulane | W 41-10 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | @ Mississippi State | W 38-19 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Florida | W 34-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs The CitadelSplash game | W 49-0 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs South Carolina | W 30-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Oklahoma | W 34-26 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Georgia | L 35-43 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Washington State | W 24-21 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs LSU | W 24-19 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Tulane | W 45-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Arkansas | W 41-35 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Kentucky | W 30-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Georgia State | W 63-7 | 9 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
TJ Dottery story
TJ Dottery built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 6, spending time with Ole Miss. The clearest part of TJ Dottery's career was his defensive production: 175 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Ole Miss. 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 TJ Dottery's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ole Miss.
The arc is straightforward: TJ Dottery 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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Ole Miss
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Ole Miss | 13.5 | 37.6 | 7.2 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 13.5 | 37.6 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Ole Miss | 10 | 33.9 | 6.8 | -3.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 10 | 33.9 | 6.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ South Carolina
Week 6 · W 27-3 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93 takeover score.
#2
@ Arkansas
Week 10 · W 63-31 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 9 Miami
Week 1 · L 27-31 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#4
vs The Citadel
Week 11 · W 49-0
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Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Kentucky
Week 5 · L 17-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.5 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Ole Miss
13.5 primary output · 37.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Ole Miss
52.8
13.5 primary · 37.6 efficiency · 7.2 usage
#3
2025 Postseason · Ole Miss
45
10 primary · 33.9 efficiency · 6.8 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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