Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Southern Miss
Ja'Boree Poole
DL • 6'2" • Brookhaven, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ja'Boree Poole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Ja'Boree Poole built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Brookhaven, MS wearing No. 85, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ja'Boree Poole's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Ja'Boree Poole, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Southern Miss. Ja'Boree Poole shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 25
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Ja'Boree Poole quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DL
- Career Tackles
- 25
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Brookhaven · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Brookhaven · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 222nd (top 32%) · Conference USA 179th (top 31%) · National 1,676th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Southern Miss | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 12 | 16 | 6.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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Ja'Boree Poole played DL for Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ja'Boree Poole recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 23.5 primary output with 26.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 26.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.0
Efficiency
26.6
Usage
8
Consistency
31.9
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 7. Kentucky: 2. Savannah St: 2. Troy: 1. UTEP: 1. Rice: 4. UTSA: 1. Marshall: 1. Charlotte: 1.5. Old Dominion: 1. North Texas: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 9 by 87.5. Kentucky: 1 by 24.2. Savannah St: 2 by 28.3. Troy: 3 by 22.5. UTEP: 0 by 10. Rice: 4 by 56.7. UTSA: 2 by 18.3. Marshall: 1 by 14.2. Charlotte: 3 by 27.5. Old Dominion: 0 by 10. North Texas: 0 by 10. Louisiana Tech: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins2.6 · Games = 7 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 5 · -1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
87.5 vs Louisiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/18 | @ Louisiana2+ sacks · Splash game | W 28-21 | 9 | 7 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/25 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 39-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ North Texas | L 23-29 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Old Dominion | L 35-51 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Charlotte | L 27-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Marshall | W 24-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ UTSA | L 32-55 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs RiceSplash game | W 44-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ UTEP | W 34-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Troy | L 31-37 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Savannah StSplash game | W 56-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ KentuckySplash game | W 44-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ja'Boree Poole story
Ja'Boree Poole built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Brookhaven, MS wearing No. 85, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Ja'Boree Poole's career was his defensive production: 25 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Southern Miss. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ja'Boree Poole's production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Ja'Boree Poole moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Southern Miss | 23.5 | 26.6 | 8 | 23.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 23.5 | 26.6 | 8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisiana
Week 1 · W 28-21 · Postseason
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
95.8 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Rice
Week 5 · W 44-28 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
71.3 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 71.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Savannah St
Week 2 · W 56-0
2
Havoc Plays
41.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Kentucky
Week 1 · W 44-35
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Havoc Plays
37.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 37.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Marshall
Week 9 · W 24-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
31.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Southern Miss
23.5 primary output · 26.6 efficiency · 8 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
56.3
23.5 primary · 26.6 efficiency · 8 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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