Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Buffalo
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.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
Steven Means built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive lineman from Buffalo, NY wearing No. 40, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Steven Means' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 147
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Steven Means, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Buffalo. Steven Means shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Steven Means quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DL
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Ohio
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Grover Cleveland · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Grover Cleveland · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 5 · Pick 14 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
Keep exploring Steven Means
Steven Means played DL for Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Steven Means recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Buffalo.
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.
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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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Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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All Games1 · Games = 1
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 11/25 | vs Bowling Green | L 28-42 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Steven Means story
Steven Means built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive lineman from Buffalo, NY wearing No. 40, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Steven Means' career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Steven Means' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Buffalo
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio
Week 10 · L 17-34 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 13 · L 28-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Buffalo
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2011 Regular Season · Buffalo
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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