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Player Dossier
2014-2018Iowa
LB • 6'0" • 228 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA
Aaron Mends shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
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Star Power
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Iowa
Snapshot
Player Story
Aaron Mends built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Aaron Mends' career was his defensive production: 9...
Read the storyAaron Mends, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Iowa. Aaron Mends shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
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| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
Aaron Mends played LB for Iowa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Aaron Mends recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Iowa.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Iowa paired 2 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Best Game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
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Top game by takeover score
Northern Illinois
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Northern Illinois
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| Sat 8/31 | @ Northern Illinois | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Aaron Mends built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Aaron Mends' career was his defensive production: 9 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 sack across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Aaron Mends' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
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Iowa
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Iowa | 2 | 12.2 | 4.1 | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 12.2 | 4.1 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 6.9 | 1.2 | -2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | — | — | 0 |
#1 Featured game
vs Florida
Week 1 · L 3-30 · Postseason
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Iowa State
Week 2 · W 42-3
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6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio State
Week 10 · W 55-24 · Conference game
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6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa State
Week 2 · W 44-41
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6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Northern Illinois
Week 1
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6.3 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Iowa
2 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
39.4
#2
2016 Regular Season · Iowa
39.4
2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Iowa
39.1
0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage
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10+ tackle games
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