Senior cornerback on Ole Miss's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Arlington, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1284 nationally · Signed with Lamar
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Ole Miss's roster.
DeShawn Gaddie
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Seth Littrell and Lane Kiffin. 2022 brought the first one: All-Conference USA. The receipt: 2 tackles against Texas A&M — Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ole Miss, 143 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | North Texas | 47 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | North Texas | 57 | 38 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | North Texas | 27 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | North Texas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 143 | 89 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-7vs Mercer | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-23vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 55-49vs LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-35vs Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Kyu Blu Kelly’s 2021 season.
Matches Kyu on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Storm Duck's senior season at North Carolina (2022).
Matches Storm on
Player DNA