Player Dossier

2014-2016

Virginia Tech

Steve Sobczak

DT • 6'1" • Milford, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Steve Sobczak shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.4

Efficiency

6.7

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

9.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

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.

Steve Sobczak, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Steve Sobczak shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.7 disruption score.

Steve Sobczak played DT for Virginia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Steve Sobczak recorded 4 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 1 primary output with 6.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Win with 1 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

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2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

6.7

Usage

1.4

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 0. Syracuse: 0. Miami: 1. Virginia: 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. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 1 by 14.2. Virginia: 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
First Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Miami

Result
Sat 11/26vs VirginiaW 52-1010000
Thu 10/20vs MiamiW 37-16100.500.500
Sat 10/15@ SyracuseL 17-3110000
Sat 9/24vs East CarolinaW 54-1710000

Career Arc

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

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    Virginia Tech

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech16.71.41

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Miami

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.

#2

Virginia

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#3

Syracuse

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#4

East Carolina

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

1 primary output · 6.7 efficiency · 1.4 usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7933

Massaponax · Fredericksburg, VA

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

4

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 4 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.