Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Western Kentucky
Evan Sayner
DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Paducah, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Evan Sayner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
43
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Evan Sayner built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Paducah, KY wearing No. 55, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Evan Sayner's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Evan Sayner, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Evan Sayner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 47
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Evan Sayner quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 47
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lone Oak · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Lone Oak · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 301st (top 38%) · Conference USA 201st (top 32%) · National 1,931st (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 11.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 5 | 18 | 3.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 54.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 39.5 |
Related Context
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Evan Sayner played DL for Western Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Evan Sayner recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 4.5 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maine
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13
Usage
3.6
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Maine
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maine: 2. Louisville: 1. Ball State: 0. Marshall: 1. Charlotte: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Florida International: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Florida Atlantic: 0. UTEP: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Maine: 1 by 24.2. Louisville: 2 by 18.3. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 0 by 10. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Florida International: 5 by 20.8. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 14.2. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Maine
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 30-15 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | vs UTEP | W 40-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 15-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 10-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Florida International | L 17-38 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Old Dominion | L 34-37 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Charlotte | L 14-40 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Marshall | L 17-20 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Ball State | W 28-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Louisville | L 17-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs MaineSplash game | L 28-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Evan Sayner story
Evan Sayner built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Paducah, KY wearing No. 55, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Evan Sayner's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Evan Sayner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 1 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 4.5 | 24 | 7.6 | 3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 6 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ball State
Week 4 · W 33-21
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 2 · L 7-20
1.5
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Maine
Week 2 · L 28-31
2
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida International
Week 10 · W 49-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 13 · W 30-15 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
48 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
4.5 primary output · 24 efficiency · 7.6 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
39.5
6 primary · 13 efficiency · 3.6 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Western Kentucky
11.9
1 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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