Player Dossier

2015-2017

UTSA

La'Kel Bass

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • St. Louis, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

La'Kel Bass shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

10.2

Efficiency

36.2

Consistency

55

Season Value

39.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee

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.

La'Kel Bass, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · UTSA. La'Kel Bass shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.2 disruption score.

La'Kel Bass played LB for UTSA. Across 3 tracked seasons, La'Kel Bass recorded 155 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

UTSA paired 20 primary output with 43.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.2 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: Southern Miss

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2017 Regular Season · UTSA

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

36.2

Usage

10.2

Consistency

55

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 2. Southern: 1. Texas State: 2. Southern Miss: 2.5. North Texas: 0. Rice: 0.5. UTEP: 0.5. Florida International: 1. UAB: 2. Marshall: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 3 by 32.5. Southern: 5 by 30.8. Texas State: 4 by 36.7. Southern Miss: 9 by 62.5. North Texas: 6 by 25. Rice: 8 by 38.3. UTEP: 5 by 25.8. Florida International: 8 by 43.3. UAB: 11 by 65.8. Marshall: 7 by 29.2. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Southern Miss

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs UAB

Result
Sun 11/26@ Louisiana TechL 6-2021000
Sun 11/19vs MarshallW 9-773000
Sun 11/12vs UAB10+ tackles · Splash gameL 19-24114110
Sat 11/4@ Florida InternationalL 7-1485100
Sun 10/29@ UTEPW 31-14510.5000
Sat 10/21vs RiceW 20-7810.5000
Sat 10/14@ North TexasL 26-2964000
Sat 10/7vs Southern MissSplash gameL 29-319320.500
Sat 9/23@ Texas StateSplash gameW 44-1442200
Sat 9/16vs SouthernW 51-1752000
Sun 9/10@ BaylorSplash gameW 17-10321.500.500

Career Arc

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    UTSA

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUTSA0
2016 PostseasonUTSA2043.311.620
2016 Regular SeasonUTSA2043.311.60
2017 Regular SeasonUTSA11.536.210.2-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Middle Tennessee

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.2 takeover score.

#2

Southern Miss

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.1 takeover score.

#3

UAB

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.2 takeover score.

#4

UTEP

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.

#5

Texas State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · UTSA

20 primary output · 43.3 efficiency · 11.6 usage

52.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · UTSA

52.3

20 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 11.6 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · UTSA

39.7

11.5 primary · 36.2 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

10

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

155

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 24 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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