Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Alabama
Dakota Ball
DL • 6'3" • Lindale, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dakota Ball shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Dakota Ball, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Alabama. Dakota Ball shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 12
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Dakota Ball quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · DL
- Career Tackles
- 12
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Alabama
- Top game
- Western Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pepperell · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Pepperell · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DL 391st (top 56%) · SEC 291st (top 48%) · National 2,500th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Alabama | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Alabama | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 43 |
Related Context
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Dakota Ball played DL for Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dakota Ball recorded 8 receiving yards and 12 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Alabama paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Alabama
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
10.6
Usage
3.1
Consistency
35.7
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Kent State: 0.5. Kentucky: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Chattanooga: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. Ole Miss: 1 by 14.2. Kent State: 3 by 17.5. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Chattanooga: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/20 | vs Chattanooga | W 31-3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Mississippi State | W 51-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Texas A&M | W 33-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Kentucky | W 34-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Kent State | W 48-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Ole Miss | W 48-43 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Western Kentucky | W 38-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | vs USC | W 52-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Alabama
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Alabama | 3.5 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Kentucky
Week 2 · W 38-10
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Ole Miss
Week 3 · W 48-43 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Chattanooga
Week 12 · W 31-3
1
Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Kent State
Week 4 · W 48-0
0.5
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
#5
vs USC
Week 1 · W 52-6
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Alabama
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2016 Regular Season · Alabama
43
3.5 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Alabama
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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