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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2020Boise State
Sam Whitney
DE • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Folsom, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sam Whitney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
94
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Boise State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Player Story
Sam Whitney built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a defensive end from Folsom, CA wearing No. 53, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Sam Whitney's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Boise State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Sam Whitney, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boise State. Sam Whitney shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 57
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Sam Whitney quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boise State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 57
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Boise State
- Top game
- BYU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Folsom · Boise State
- High school pipeline
- Folsom · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 53 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DE 72nd (top 28%) · Mountain West 108th (top 25%) · National 1,322nd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Boise State | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Boise State | 7 | 21 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 26.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boise State | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 38 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boise State | 4 | 21 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 61.1 |
Related Context
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Sam Whitney played DE for Boise State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Sam Whitney recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Boise State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Boise State paired 5 primary output with 34.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Boise State
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
34.4
Usage
8
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Air Force: 0. BYU: 3. Colorado State: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah State: 7 by 29.2. Air Force: 6 by 25. BYU: 6 by 55. Colorado State: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -2.3 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 1 · +2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
BYU
Best efficiency game
55 vs BYU
Player Story
Sam Whitney story
Sam Whitney built his college career from 2015 through 2020 as a defensive end from Folsom, CA wearing No. 53, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Sam Whitney's career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Sam Whitney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Boise State
2015-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Boise State | 2.5 | 16.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boise State | 3 | 14.3 | 7.7 | 0.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boise State | 0 | — | — | -3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boise State | 5 | 34.4 | 8 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs BYU
Week 10 · L 17-51
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
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3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Troy
Week 1 · W 24-13
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Utah State
Week 13 · W 33-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Colorado State
Week 11 · W 52-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 3 · L 21-44
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Havoc Plays
40.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Boise State
5 primary output · 34.4 efficiency · 8 usage
61.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Boise State
41.7
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Boise State
38
3 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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