Player Dossier

2012-2016

Florida Atlantic

Denzel Whitfield

DL • 6'5" • Monticello, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Denzel Whitfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

15

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Florida Atlantic
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7333

Jefferson County · Monticello, FL

Committed To
Florida Atlantic
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Denzel Whitfield, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Denzel Whitfield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
9
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Denzel Whitfield quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida Atlantic · DL
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Top game
Marshall
Recruit profile
2-star · Jefferson County · Florida Atlantic
High school pipeline
Jefferson County · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DL 450th (top 65%) · Conference USA 298th (top 52%) · National 2,786th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic69-01-031.4

Related Context

Denzel Whitfield played DL for Florida Atlantic. Across 5 tracked seasons, Denzel Whitfield recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Florida Atlantic.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Florida Atlantic paired 1 primary output with 7.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.9 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: Marshall

Loss 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 · Florida Atlantic

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7.9

Usage

1.4

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Illinois: 0. Miami: 0. Ball State: 0. Marshall: 1. Old Dominion: 0. Middle Tennessee: 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. Southern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 1 by 14.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Marshall

Result
Sat 11/26@ Middle TennesseeL 56-7721000
Sat 11/19vs Old DominionL 24-4210000
Sat 10/15@ MarshallL 21-2711000
Sat 9/24vs Ball StateL 27-3120000
Sat 9/10@ MiamiL 10-3810000
Sat 9/3vs Southern IllinoisW 38-3021000

Career Arc

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    Florida Atlantic

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic0
2013 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00
2014 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic00
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic17.91.41

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Marshall

Week 7 · L 21-27 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

47 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

#2

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 13 · L 56-77 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 4 · L 27-31

0

Havoc Plays

6.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Southern Illinois

Week 1 · W 38-30

0

Havoc Plays

6.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Miami

Week 2 · L 10-38

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Loss 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

2016 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

1 primary output · 7.9 efficiency · 1.4 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games