Player Dossier

2016-2020

UTEP

Jayson VanHook

LB • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Moreno Valley, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jayson VanHook shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

43%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

38

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

73

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Player Story

Jayson VanHook built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Moreno Valley, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Jayson VanHook's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7533

Citrus Hill · Perris, CA

Committed To
UTEP
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Jayson VanHook, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UTEP. Jayson VanHook shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
113
TFL
12
Sacks
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jayson VanHook quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · LB
Career Tackles
113
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
Charlotte
Recruit profile
2-star · Citrus Hill · UTEP
High school pipeline
Citrus Hill · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
24 tackles · LB 405th (top 36%) · Conference USA 123rd (top 23%) · National 1,137th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUTEP11365.51--043.6
2017 Regular SeasonUTEP11-0--036.4
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP1252412-055.5
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP6242.5111048

Related Context

Jayson VanHook played LB for UTEP. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jayson VanHook recorded 3 rushing yards and 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

UTEP paired 7 primary output with 23.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 25.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Loss with 4 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

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

25.8

Usage

8.1

Consistency

20.2

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: 0.5. Texas: 0. Abilene Christian: 0. Charlotte: 4. UTSA: 0. North Texas: 1

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. Stephen F. Austin: 2 by 13.3. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Abilene Christian: 2 by 8.3. Charlotte: 4 by 56.7. UTSA: 5 by 20.8. North Texas: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Charlotte

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Charlotte

Result
Fri 12/11vs North TexasL 43-4595100
Sat 11/14@ UTSAL 21-5251000
Sat 10/24@ CharlotteSplash gameL 28-3842111
Sun 9/20vs Abilene ChristianW 17-1320000
Sun 9/13@ TexasL 3-5922000
Sun 9/6vs Stephen F. AustinW 24-14200.5000

Player Story

Jayson VanHook story

Jayson VanHook built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Moreno Valley, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Jayson VanHook's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jayson VanHook'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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUTEP6.519.55.6
2017 Regular SeasonUTEP04.20.6-6.5
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP00
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP723.98.17
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP5.525.88.1-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Charlotte

Week 8 · L 28-38 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas

Week 2 · L 7-41

2.5

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Charlotte

Week 11 · L 21-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Southern Miss

Week 5 · L 13-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida International

Week 6 · L 21-35 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · UTEP

7 primary output · 23.9 efficiency · 8.1 usage

55.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · UTEP

48

5.5 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 8.1 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · UTEP

43.6

6.5 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games