Player Dossier

2009-2012

Buffalo

Steven Means

DL • 6'4" • Buffalo, NY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Steven Means shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

Efficiency

20

Consistency

100

Season Value

56.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

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.

Steven Means, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season · Buffalo. Steven Means shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Loss 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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2011 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

20 vs Bowling Green

Result
Fri 11/25vs Bowling GreenL 28-421

Career Arc

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

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    Buffalo

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonBuffalo0
2010 Regular SeasonBuffalo1201
2011 Regular SeasonBuffalo1200
2012 Regular SeasonBuffalo0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

Bowling Green

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2010 Regular Season · Buffalo

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

56.7

#2

2011 Regular Season · Buffalo

56.7

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Buffalo

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2008 · Rating 0.7

Grover Cleveland · Buffalo, NY

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

0

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 2 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career touchdowns
1