Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020UTEP
Stephen Forester
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Stephen Forester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
80
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UTEP
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UTEP
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Player Story
Stephen Forester built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Dallas, TX wearing No. 47, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Stephen Forester's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UTEP
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Stephen Forester, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UTEP. Stephen Forester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 96
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 3
Quick Answers
Stephen Forester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTEP · LB
- Career Tackles
- 96
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · UTEP
- Top game
- UAB
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Dallas Christian School · UTEP
- High school pipeline
- Dallas Christian School · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 47 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 62 tackles · LB 110th (top 10%) · Conference USA 22nd (top 5%) · National 164th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 1 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 7 | 24 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 8 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 65.1 |
Related Context
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Stephen Forester played LB for UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Stephen Forester recorded 96 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with UTEP.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
UTEP paired 7 primary output with 41 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 41 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte
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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2020 Regular Season · UTEP
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
41
Usage
10
Consistency
35.7
Best Game by takeover score
Charlotte
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stephen F. Austin: 0. Texas: 0. Abilene Christian: 1. UL Monroe: 2.5. Louisiana Tech: 1. Charlotte: 2.5. UTSA: 0. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stephen F. Austin: 5 by 20.8. Texas: 5 by 20.8. Abilene Christian: 7 by 39.2. UL Monroe: 8 by 58.3. Louisiana Tech: 10 by 51.7. Charlotte: 9 by 62.5. UTSA: 12 by 50. North Texas: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Charlotte
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs Charlotte
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/11 | vs North Texas | L 43-45 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ UTSA10+ tackles | L 21-52 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ CharlotteSplash game | L 28-38 | 9 | 8 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Louisiana Tech10+ tackles | L 17-21 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ UL MonroeSplash game | W 31-6 | 8 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/20 | vs Abilene Christian | W 17-13 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/13 | @ Texas | L 3-59 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/6 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 24-14 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Stephen Forester story
Stephen Forester built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Dallas, TX wearing No. 47, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Stephen Forester's career was his defensive production: 96 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Stephen Forester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UTEP
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UTEP | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UTEP | 1 | 39.2 | 8.8 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UTEP | 5.5 | 22.2 | 10.6 | 4.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UTEP | 7 | 41 | 10 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UAB
Week 12 · L 10-37 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
95.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 95.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Charlotte
Week 8 · L 28-38 · 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
@ UL Monroe
Week 4 · W 31-6
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 8 · L 24-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Abilene Christian
Week 3 · W 17-13
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · UTEP
7 primary output · 41 efficiency · 10 usage
65.1
#2
2018 Regular Season · UTEP
56.7
1 primary · 39.2 efficiency · 8.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · UTEP
49.6
5.5 primary · 22.2 efficiency · 10.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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