Usage / Role
18%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016East Carolina
DaShawn Benton
DB • 6'0" • Atlanta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
DaShawn Benton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
DaShawn Benton built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of DaShawn Benton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
DaShawn Benton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · East Carolina. DaShawn Benton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- Passes defended
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
DaShawn Benton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · DB
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Grady · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Grady · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DB 330th (top 41%) · American Athletic 148th (top 29%) · National 1,564th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 7 | 27 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 24.2 |
Related Context
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DaShawn Benton played DB for East Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, DaShawn Benton recorded 27 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
17.5
Usage
2.9
Consistency
4.8
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Carolina: 0. NC State: 1. South Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. South Florida: 0. Cincinnati: 0. SMU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Carolina: 2 by 8.3. NC State: 5 by 30.8. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 4 by 16.7. South Florida: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. SMU: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.5 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
NC State
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs NC State
Player Story
DaShawn Benton story
DaShawn Benton built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of DaShawn Benton's career was his defensive production: 27 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 1 pass defended across 9 career games in the available record. That gives DaShawn Benton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
East Carolina
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 1 | 17.5 | 2.9 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Cincinnati
Week 13 · L 16-19 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ UConn
Week 9 · L 13-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs NC State
Week 2 · W 33-30
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#4
vs SMU
Week 11 · L 31-55 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
21.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 21.1 takeover score.
#5
@ South Florida
Week 6 · L 22-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
17.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · East Carolina
24.2
1 primary · 17.5 efficiency · 2.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · East Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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