Usage Score
8.5
Player Dossier
2013-2017Wake Forest
Grant Dawson
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Grant Dawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.8 disruption score.
Efficiency
39.8
Consistency
46.8
Season Value
48.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
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.
Grant Dawson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Grant Dawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.8 disruption score.
Grant Dawson played LB for Wake Forest. Across 5 tracked seasons, Grant Dawson recorded 125 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Wake Forest paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 39.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2017 Postseason · Wake Forest
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
39.8
Usage
8.5
Consistency
46.8
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Presbyterian: 0. Boston College: 0. Utah State: 0.5. App State: 1. Florida State: 4.5. Clemson: 1. Georgia Tech: 3. Louisville: 0.5. Notre Dame: 0. Syracuse: 2. NC State: 1.5. Duke: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 6 by 25. Presbyterian: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 4 by 16.7. Utah State: 6 by 30. App State: 3 by 22.5. Florida State: 10 by 86.7. Clemson: 9 by 47.5. Georgia Tech: 14 by 80. Louisville: 7 by 34.2. Notre Dame: 10 by 41.7. Syracuse: 6 by 45. NC State: 7 by 44.2. Duke: 7 by 39.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 8 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 5 · +1.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida State
Best efficiency game
86.7 vs Florida State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/29 | @ Texas A&M | W 55-52 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Duke | L 23-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs NC State | W 30-24 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ SyracuseSplash game | W 64-43 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Notre Dame10+ tackles | L 37-48 | 10 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Louisville | W 42-32 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Georgia Tech10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-38 | 14 | 12 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Clemson | L 14-28 | 9 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Florida State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 19-26 | 10 | 5 | — | 3.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ App State | W 20-19 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Utah State | W 46-10 | 6 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Boston College | W 34-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs Presbyterian | W 51-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Wake Forest | 5.5 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5.5 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Wake Forest | 15 | 39.8 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 15 | 39.8 | 8.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Florida State
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Primary metric
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.3 takeover score.
#2
Georgia Tech
3
Primary metric
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.5 takeover score.
#3
Duke
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
#4
Indiana
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.5 takeover score.
#5
Syracuse
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 34.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Wake Forest
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2017 Postseason · Wake Forest
48.8
15 primary · 39.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Wake Forest
48.8
15 primary · 39.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
3
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
1
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
125
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 25 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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