Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Texas 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.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 6 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 4 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.7 |
Related Context
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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
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.
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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
Kansas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Washington: 0. Arizona State: 0. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Washington: 3 by 12.5. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.3 vs Wins
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
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 7 | 19.5 | 3.5 | 7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 9.8 | 1.3 | -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
50
#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
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