Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017California
Cameron Saffle
OLB • 6'3" • 245 lbs • Sammamish, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cameron Saffle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.
Impact Production
92
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Player Story
Cameron Saffle built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Sammamish, WA wearing No. 51, spending time with California. The clearest part of Cameron Saffle's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Cameron Saffle, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · California. Cameron Saffle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 63
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 4.5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Cameron Saffle quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 63
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Arizona State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Skyline · California
- High school pipeline
- West Charlotte · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 51 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · OLB 38th (top 76%) · Pac-12 288th (top 55%) · National 3,153rd (top 55%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 12 | 57 | 8.5 | 4 | - | 4 | 0 | 68.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 1 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 52.6 |
Related Context
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Cameron Saffle played OLB for California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cameron Saffle recorded 63 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
California paired 16.5 primary output with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · California
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
33.5
Usage
12
Consistency
41.1
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 2. San Diego State: 0.5. Texas: 0. Arizona State: 4. Utah: 1. Oregon State: 1. Oregon: 0. USC: 1. Washington: 3. Washington State: 1. Stanford: 2. UCLA: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 5 by 40.8. San Diego State: 8 by 38.3. Texas: 7 by 29.2. Arizona State: 8 by 73.3. Utah: 7 by 39.2. Oregon State: 5 by 30.8. Oregon: 5 by 20.8. USC: 1 by 14.2. Washington: 2 by 38.3. Washington State: 3 by 22.5. Stanford: 2 by 28.3. UCLA: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · -1.0 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 7 · +1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona State
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Arizona State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs UCLA | W 36-10 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs StanfordSplash game | L 31-45 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Washington State | L 21-56 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | vs WashingtonSplash game | L 27-66 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/28 | @ USC | L 24-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Oregon | W 52-49 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Oregon State | L 44-47 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Utah | W 28-23 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Arizona State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 41-51 | 8 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Texas | W 50-43 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | @ San Diego State | L 40-45 | 8 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/27 | vs Hawai'iSplash game | W 51-31 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cameron Saffle story
Cameron Saffle built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Sammamish, WA wearing No. 51, spending time with California. The clearest part of Cameron Saffle's career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with California. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Cameron Saffle's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.
The arc is straightforward: Cameron Saffle moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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California
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 16.5 | 33.5 | 12 | 16.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 1 | 35 | 8.3 | -15.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona State
Week 4 · L 41-51 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Washington
Week 10 · L 27-66 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 1 · W 35-30
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Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Hawai'i
Week 1 · W 51-31
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Stanford
Week 12 · L 31-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
52.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · California
16.5 primary output · 33.5 efficiency · 12 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · California
52.6
1 primary · 35 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · California
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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