Player Dossier

2013-2017

San Diego State

Dakota Turner

DL • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Mililani, HI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dakota Turner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Dakota Turner built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Mililani, HI wearing No. 41, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Dakota Turner's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8119

Mililani · Mililani, HI

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Dakota Turner, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · San Diego State. Dakota Turner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
6.5
Sacks
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Dakota Turner quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · DL
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 19 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · San Diego State
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
3-star · Mililani · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Mililani · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 41 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 375th (top 53%) · Mountain West 209th (top 39%) · National 2,361st (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonSan Diego State12410--053.7
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State123642-2053.7
2017 PostseasonSan Diego State71-0--020.1
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State7131.51--020.1

Related Context

Dakota Turner played DL for San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dakota Turner recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

San Diego State paired 9 primary output with 21.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11.9 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: UNLV

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · San Diego State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

11.9

Usage

3.8

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. UNLV: 2. Hawai'i: 0. San José State: 0. Nevada: 0. New Mexico: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 2 by 28.3. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. San José State: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico: 3 by 17.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs UNLV

Result
Sat 12/23@ ArmyL 35-4211000
Fri 11/24vs New MexicoW 35-10300.5000
Sun 11/19vs NevadaW 42-23
Sun 11/5@ San José StateW 52-731000
Sun 10/29@ Hawai'iW 28-732000
Sun 10/8@ UNLVSplash gameW 41-1021110
Sun 10/1vs Northern IllinoisW 34-2821000

Player Story

Dakota Turner story

Dakota Turner built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Mililani, HI wearing No. 41, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Dakota Turner's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Dakota Turner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonSan Diego State0
2014 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2015 Regular SeasonSan Diego State00
2016 PostseasonSan Diego State921.45.29
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State921.45.20
2017 PostseasonSan Diego State2.511.93.8-6.5
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State2.511.93.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah State

Week 9 · W 40-13 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#2

@ UNLV

Week 6 · W 41-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs San José State

Week 8 · W 42-3 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Fresno State

Week 7 · W 17-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Wyoming

Week 12 · L 33-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · San Diego State

9 primary output · 21.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

53.7

#2

2016 Regular Season · San Diego State

53.7

9 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · San Diego State

20.1

2.5 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games