Usage Score
2.4
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 8.1 disruption score.
Efficiency
8.1
Consistency
8.3
Season Value
7.6
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
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.
Dakota Ball, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Alabama. Dakota Ball shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.1 disruption score.
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 8.1 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.
Analysis workspace
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2016 Regular Season · Alabama
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
8.1
Usage
2.4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Unknown
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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: 0. Kent State: 0.5. Kentucky: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Unknown: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 5 by 30.8. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 3 by 17.5. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 0 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.2 · Games = 7
First Half0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · Games = 8
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 Unknown | — | 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 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 | 1.5 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Western Kentucky
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
#2
Kent State
0.5
Primary metric
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.5 takeover score.
#3
Kentucky
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.
#4
USC
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.
#5
Mississippi State
0
Primary metric
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2015 Regular Season · Alabama
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2016 Regular Season · Alabama
7.6
1.5 primary · 8.1 efficiency · 2.4 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Alabama
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2012 · Rating 0.8831
Pepperell · Lindale, GA
- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
12
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 9 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.