Player Dossier

2014-2018

Virginia Tech

Vinny Mihota

DL • 6'5" • 298 lbs • Fredericksburg, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Vinny Mihota shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Vinny Mihota built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Fredericksburg, VA wearing No. 99, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Vinny Mihota's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8778

Massaponax · Fredericksburg, VA

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Vinny Mihota, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Vinny Mihota shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
78
TFL
10.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Vinny Mihota quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · DL
Career Tackles
78
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
3-star · Massaponax · Virginia Tech
High school pipeline
Massaponax · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
11 tackles · DL 445th (top 56%) · ACC 287th (top 46%) · National 2,596th (top 45%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech13437233055.7
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech11243.51.52-026.2
2018 PostseasonVirginia Tech64-0--010.6
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech67-0--010.6

Related Context

Vinny Mihota played DL for Virginia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Vinny Mihota recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Virginia Tech paired 15 primary output with 25.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11 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: Florida 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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2018 Postseason · Virginia Tech

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

11

Usage

2.3

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 0. Florida State: 1. Notre Dame: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Virginia: 0. Marshall: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 4 by 16.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 4 by 16.7. Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Florida State

Result
Mon 12/31vs CincinnatiL 31-3542000
Sat 12/1vs MarshallW 41-2010000
Fri 11/23vs VirginiaW 34-3110000
Thu 10/25vs Georgia TechL 28-4942000
Sun 10/7vs Notre DameL 23-4510000
Tue 9/4@ Florida StateW 24-31

Player Story

Vinny Mihota story

Vinny Mihota built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Fredericksburg, VA wearing No. 99, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Vinny Mihota's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Vinny Mihota's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Virginia Tech

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1525.36.115
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech715.53.7-8
2018 PostseasonVirginia Tech1112.3-6
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech1112.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami

Week 8 · W 37-16 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Delaware

Week 2 · W 27-0

2.5

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#3

@ North Carolina

Week 6 · W 34-3 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Liberty

Week 1 · W 36-13

2

Havoc Plays

60.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Duke

Week 9 · W 24-3 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

15 primary output · 25.3 efficiency · 6.1 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

26.2

7 primary · 15.5 efficiency · 3.7 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Virginia Tech

10.6

1 primary · 11 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

6

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games