Usage Score
9.1
Player Dossier
2015-2018UConn
Santana Sterling
LB • 6'0" • 226 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Santana Sterling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Efficiency
34.2
Consistency
25
Season Value
42.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 4
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
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.
Santana Sterling, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UConn. Santana Sterling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.2 disruption score.
Santana Sterling played LB for UConn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Santana Sterling recorded 95 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
UConn paired 9 primary output with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · UConn
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
34.2
Usage
9.1
Consistency
25
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. Boise State: 0. Rhode Island: 0. Syracuse: 0. Cincinnati: 1.5. Memphis: 1. South Florida: 2. Massachusetts: 1. Tulsa: 0. SMU: 0.5. East Carolina: 3. Temple: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 4 by 16.7. Boise State: 3 by 12.5. Rhode Island: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 9 by 52.5. Memphis: 6 by 35. South Florida: 4 by 36.7. Massachusetts: 7 by 39.2. Tulsa: 6 by 25. SMU: 13 by 55. East Carolina: 14 by 80. Temple: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 11 · +0.8 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
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
80 vs East Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | vs Temple | L 7-57 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | @ East Carolina10+ tackles · Splash game | L 21-55 | 14 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs SMU10+ tackles | L 50-62 | 13 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Tulsa | L 19-49 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Massachusetts | L 17-22 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ South FloridaSplash game | L 30-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Memphis | L 14-55 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Cincinnati | L 7-49 | 9 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Syracuse | L 21-51 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Rhode Island | W 56-49 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ Boise State | L 7-62 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/30 | vs UCF | L 17-56 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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UConn
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 16.5 | 3.8 | 2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UConn | 9 | 34.2 | 9.1 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
East Carolina
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Primary metric
3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.6 takeover score.
#2
Memphis
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.
#3
Holy Cross
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.
#4
South Florida
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.
#5
Cincinnati
1.5
Primary metric
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · UConn
9 primary output · 34.2 efficiency · 9.1 usage
42.1
#2
2017 Regular Season · UConn
14
2 primary · 16.5 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · UConn
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2022 · Rating 0.8489
Adlai Stevenson · Sterling Heights, MI
- Committed To
- Central Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Career Facts
1
Career teams
4
Seasons tracked
95
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 17 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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