Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017UTSA
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.
Impact Production
87
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
La'Kel Bass built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of La'Kel Bass' career was his defensive production: 155...
Read the storyLa'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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 155
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
La'Kel Bass quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · LB
- Career Tackles
- 155
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · UTSA
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 68 tackles · LB 197th (top 18%) · Conference USA 36th (top 6%) · National 349th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | UTSA | 13 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTSA | 13 | 78 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTSA | 11 | 68 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 58.4 |
Related Context
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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.
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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
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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 Tech | L 6-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Marshall | W 9-7 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | vs UAB10+ tackles · Splash game | L 19-24 | 11 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Florida International | L 7-14 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ UTEP | W 31-14 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Rice | W 20-7 | 8 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ North Texas | L 26-29 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Southern MissSplash game | L 29-31 | 9 | 3 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Texas StateSplash game | W 44-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Southern | W 51-17 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ BaylorSplash game | W 17-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
La'Kel Bass story
La'Kel Bass built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 31, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of La'Kel Bass' career was his defensive production: 155 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with UTSA. 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 La'Kel Bass' production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UTSA.
The arc is straightforward: La'Kel Bass 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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UTSA
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | UTSA | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | UTSA | 20 | 43.3 | 11.6 | 20 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UTSA | 20 | 43.3 | 11.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTSA | 11.5 | 36.2 | 10.2 | -8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 10 · W 45-25 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
95.8 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Southern Miss
Week 6 · L 29-31 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#3
vs UAB
Week 11 · L 19-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#4
vs UTEP
Week 8 · L 49-52 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas State
Week 4 · W 44-14
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · UTSA
20 primary output · 43.3 efficiency · 11.6 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · UTSA
73.7
20 primary · 43.3 efficiency · 11.6 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · UTSA
58.4
11.5 primary · 36.2 efficiency · 10.2 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
10
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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