Player Dossier

2014-2018

Penn State

Koa Farmer

LB • 6'1" • 236 lbs • Lake View Terrace, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Koa Farmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.1

Efficiency

21.8

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

11.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Koa Farmer, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · Penn State. Koa Farmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Penn State paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2018 Postseason · Penn State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

21.8

Usage

4.1

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. App State: 1. Pittsburgh: 0. Illinois: 0. Ohio State: 0.5. Michigan State: 1. Indiana: 0. Iowa: 0. Michigan: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Rutgers: 2. Maryland: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. App State: 5 by 30.8. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 8 by 38.3. Michigan State: 6 by 35. Indiana: 7 by 29.2. Iowa: 5 by 20.8. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 8 by 53.3. Maryland: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Wins0.4 · n=8 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · n=4 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · n=6 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=6 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Rutgers

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Rutgers

Result
Tue 1/1vs KentuckyL 24-2720000
Sat 11/24vs MarylandW 38-322000
Sat 11/17@ RutgersW 20-782101
Sat 11/10vs WisconsinW 22-1011000
Sat 11/3@ MichiganL 7-4244000
Sat 10/27vs IowaW 30-2452000
Sat 10/20@ IndianaW 33-2874000
Sat 10/13vs Michigan StateL 17-2164001
Sat 9/29vs Ohio StateL 26-27820.5000
Sat 9/22@ IllinoisW 63-2431000
Sun 9/9@ PittsburghW 51-610000
Sat 9/1vs App StateW 45-3853100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Penn State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20142015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State000
2016 PostseasonPenn State8.517.24.38.5
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State8.517.24.30
2017 PostseasonPenn State7.521.24.8-1
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State7.521.24.80
2018 PostseasonPenn State4.521.84.1-3
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State4.521.84.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.3 takeover score.

#2

Rutgers

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.8 takeover score.

#3

Maryland

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.6 takeover score.

#4

Ohio State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.

#5

Iowa

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2015 Regular Season · Penn State

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

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#2

2016 Postseason · Penn State

15.3

8.5 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4.3 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Penn State

15.3

8.5 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8836

Notre Dame · Sherman Oaks, CA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Career Facts

1

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

129

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 44 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Koa Farmer quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
8
Career tackles
129