Player Dossier

2012-2016

SMU

Jarvis Pruitt

DL • 6'3" • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jarvis Pruitt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

31

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Jarvis Pruitt built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Jarvis Pruitt's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7959

Stratford · Houston, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Jarvis Pruitt, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU. Jarvis Pruitt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
19
TFL
5.5
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Jarvis Pruitt quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · DL
Career Tackles
19
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 9 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · SMU
Top game
Houston
Recruit profile
2-star · Stratford · SMU
High school pipeline
Stratford · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DL 298th (top 43%) · American Athletic 196th (top 38%) · National 2,043rd (top 37%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonSMU9195.54.52-046

Related Context

Jarvis Pruitt played DL for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jarvis Pruitt recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

SMU paired 12 primary output with 21 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2016 Regular Season · SMU

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

21

Usage

6.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. TCU: 0. Tulsa: 3. Houston: 6. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 1. East Carolina: 2. South Florida: 0. Navy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 5 by 50.8. Houston: 5 by 70.8. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 1 by 14.2. East Carolina: 1 by 24.2. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.7 · Games = 3 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Houston

Result
Sat 11/26vs NavyL 31-7531000
Sun 11/20vs South FloridaL 27-3511000
Sat 11/12@ East CarolinaSplash gameW 55-3111000
Sat 11/5vs MemphisL 7-5111100
Sat 10/29@ TulaneW 35-3111000
Sat 10/22vs Houston2+ sacks · Splash gameW 38-1655330
Sat 10/8@ TulsaSplash gameL 40-43531.501.500
Sat 9/24vs TCUL 3-3310000
Sat 9/10@ BaylorL 13-4011000

Player Story

Jarvis Pruitt story

Jarvis Pruitt built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 34, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Jarvis Pruitt's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with SMU. 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 Jarvis Pruitt's production has multiple signals. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.

The arc is straightforward: Jarvis Pruitt 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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    SMU

    2012-2016

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Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonSMU0
2013 Regular SeasonSMU00
2014 Regular SeasonSMU00
2015 Regular SeasonSMU00
2016 Regular SeasonSMU12216.212

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 8 · W 38-16 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 6 · L 40-43 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

66.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.

#3

@ East Carolina

Week 11 · W 55-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

39.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Memphis

Week 10 · L 7-51 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

22.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 22.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Navy

Week 13 · L 31-75 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

13.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · SMU

12 primary output · 21 efficiency · 6.2 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · SMU

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · SMU

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games