Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Michigan State
Vayante Copeland
CB • 5'11" • Dayton, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Vayante Copeland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
63
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Michigan State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Michigan State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Vayante Copeland built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a cornerback from Dayton, OH wearing No. 13, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Vayante Copeland's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Vayante Copeland, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Michigan State. Vayante Copeland shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Vayante Copeland quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Michigan State
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Thurgood Marshall · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Thurgood Marshall · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · CB 87th (top 26%) · Big Ten 129th (top 21%) · National 1,194th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 36 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 45.8 |
Related Context
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Vayante Copeland played CB for Michigan State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Vayante Copeland recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Michigan State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Michigan State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 25.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
25.7
Usage
5.8
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Furman: 0. Notre Dame: 2. Wisconsin: 0. Indiana: 1. BYU: 0. Northwestern: 0. Maryland: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Furman: 6 by 25. Notre Dame: 3 by 32.5. Wisconsin: 8 by 33.3. Indiana: 4 by 26.7. BYU: 7 by 29.2. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8. Maryland: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Wisconsin
Player Story
Vayante Copeland story
Vayante Copeland built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a cornerback from Dayton, OH wearing No. 13, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Vayante Copeland's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Vayante Copeland's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Michigan State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 25.7 | 5.8 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Michigan
Week 1 · W 37-24
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 5 · L 21-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Notre Dame
Week 3 · W 36-28
2
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 4 · L 6-30 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
24.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 24.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Furman
Week 1 · W 28-13
0
Havoc Plays
20.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Michigan State
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
51.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
45.8
3 primary · 25.7 efficiency · 5.8 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Michigan State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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