Player Dossier

2013-2017

Texas Tech

D.J. Polite-Bray

DB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Lithonia, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

D.J. Polite-Bray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.3

Efficiency

9.8

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

5.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

D.J. Polite-Bray, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech. D.J. Polite-Bray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.8

Usage

1.3

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Arizona State: 0. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma: 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. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2
First Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Kansas

Result
Sun 10/29@ OklahomaL 27-4910000
Sat 10/7@ KansasW 65-1922001
Sun 9/17vs Arizona StateW 52-4511000
Sat 9/2vs Unknown33000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Texas Tech

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2014 Regular SeasonTexas Tech000
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech618.53.26
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech19.81.3-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.5 takeover score.

#2

Kansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#3

Arizona State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.2 takeover score.

#4

Kansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.

#5

Oklahoma

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2014 Regular Season · Texas Tech

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech

18.1

6 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8356

Martin Luther King Jr. · Lithonia, GA

Committed To
Texas Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

37

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

D.J. Polite-Bray quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career receiving yards
97