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 / Role

0%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

0

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

D.J. Polite-Bray built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Lithonia, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of D.J. Polite-Bray's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8356

Martin Luther King Jr. · Lithonia, GA

Committed To
Texas Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
37
TFL
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
6
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

D.J. Polite-Bray quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · DB
Career Tackles
37
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Top game
Kansas
Recruit profile
3-star · Martin Luther King Jr. · Texas Tech
High school pipeline
Martin Luther King Jr. · 23 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
7 tackles · DB 585th (top 74%) · Big 12 226th (top 54%) · National 3,032nd (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonTexas Tech20-0--050
2014 Regular SeasonTexas Tech60-0--150
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech10301015047.3
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech47-0-1010.7

Related Context

D.J. Polite-Bray played DB for Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, D.J. Polite-Bray recorded 97 receiving yards, 37 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 0 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: Texas

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Arkansas: 0. Arkansas: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Kansas State: 0. West Virginia: 0. Texas: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas

Best efficiency game

0 vs Texas

Result
Sat 11/1vs TexasL 13-34
Sat 10/11vs West VirginiaL 34-37
Sat 10/4@ Kansas StateL 13-45
Thu 9/25@ Oklahoma StateL 35-45
Sat 9/13vs ArkansasL 28-49
Sat 8/30vs Central ArkansasW 42-35

Player Story

D.J. Polite-Bray story

D.J. Polite-Bray built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Lithonia, GA wearing No. 3, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of D.J. Polite-Bray's career was his defensive production: 37 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 6 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 97 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives D.J. Polite-Bray's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Texas Tech

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2014 Regular SeasonTexas Tech000
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech719.53.57
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech19.81.3-6

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kansas

Week 5 · W 55-19 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Arizona State

Week 2 · L 55-68

1

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 1 · W 69-17

2

Havoc Plays

53.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Kansas

Week 6 · W 65-19 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Oklahoma

Week 8 · L 59-66 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

34.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Texas Tech

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Texas Tech

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech

47.3

7 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games