Player Dossier

2015-2017

San José State

Frank Ginda

LB • 6'0" • 245 lbs • Los Banos, CA, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Frank Ginda shows a high-volume tackler profile with 62.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

95

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
San José State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Frank Ginda built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Los Banos, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Frank Ginda's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7983

Pacheco · Los Banos, CA

Committed To
San José State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Frank Ginda, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · San José State. Frank Ginda shows a high-volume tackler profile with 62.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
271
TFL
24.5
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Frank Ginda quick answers

Latest team and position
San José State · LB
Career Tackles
271
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · San José State
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
3-star · Pacheco · San José State
High school pipeline
Pacheco · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
173 tackles · LB 1st (top 1%) · Mountain West 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonSan José State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonSan José State119811.56.5-1071.6
2017 Regular SeasonSan José State1317313223078

Related Context

Frank Ginda played LB for San José State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Frank Ginda recorded 271 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

San José State paired 20 primary output with 62.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 62.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · San José State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

62.5

Usage

20.1

Consistency

49.4

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cal Poly: 1. South Florida: 3. Texas: 1. Utah: 0.5. Utah State: 2. UNLV: 2.5. Fresno State: 1. Hawai'i: 0. BYU: 2. San Diego State: 3.5. Nevada: 1. Colorado State: 1. Wyoming: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cal Poly: 17 by 60. South Florida: 13 by 80. Texas: 12 by 60. Utah: 15 by 55. Utah State: 16 by 70. UNLV: 14 by 75. Fresno State: 19 by 60. Hawai'i: 9 by 37.5. BYU: 9 by 57.5. San Diego State: 16 by 85. Nevada: 12 by 60. Colorado State: 11 by 55.8. Wyoming: 10 by 56.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 11 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San Diego State

Best efficiency game

85 vs San Diego State

Result
Sat 11/25vs Wyoming10+ tacklesW 20-171051.5000
Sat 11/18@ Colorado State10+ tacklesL 14-42117100
Sat 11/11@ Nevada10+ tacklesL 14-59126100
Sun 11/5vs San Diego State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 7-521672.5010
Sat 10/28@ BYUSplash gameL 20-4194100
Sun 10/15@ Hawai'iL 26-3796000
Sat 10/7vs Fresno State10+ tacklesL 10-27199000
Sun 10/1@ UNLV10+ tackles · Splash gameL 13-411461.5010
Sat 9/23vs Utah State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-61169002
Sun 9/17@ Utah10+ tacklesL 16-541580.5000
Sat 9/9@ Texas10+ tacklesL 0-56128100
Sat 9/2vs Cal Poly10+ tacklesW 34-131710100
Sat 8/26vs South Florida10+ tackles · Splash gameL 22-42139201

Player Story

Frank Ginda story

Frank Ginda built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a linebacker from Los Banos, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Frank Ginda's career was his defensive production: 271 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with San José State. 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 Frank Ginda's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across San José State.

The arc is straightforward: Frank Ginda 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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    San José State

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonSan José State0
2016 Regular SeasonSan José State2052.916.220
2017 Regular SeasonSan José State2062.520.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Fresno State

Week 13 · W 16-14 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 1 · L 10-45

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Havoc Plays

97 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 97 takeover score.

#3

vs San Diego State

Week 10 · L 7-52 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

95 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.

#4

vs South Florida

Week 1 · L 22-42

3

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#5

@ UNLV

Week 5 · L 13-41 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

82.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · San José State

20 primary output · 62.5 efficiency · 20.1 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · San José State

71.6

20 primary · 52.9 efficiency · 16.2 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · San José State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

16

Impact games

10

Splash games

16

10+ tackle games