Player Dossier

2015-2018

Western Michigan

Eric Assoua

DL • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Silver Spring, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Eric Assoua shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Player Story

Eric Assoua built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 33, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Eric Assoua's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8256

St. John's College · Washington, DC

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Eric Assoua, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Eric Assoua shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
19
Sacks
11
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Eric Assoua quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · St. John's College · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Carrollwood Day · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
18 tackles · DL 328th (top 42%) · Mid-American 193rd (top 35%) · National 2,039th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan12476.53.521046.7
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan9196.5332072.1
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan10211--044.9
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan101653.5--044.9

Related Context

Eric Assoua played DL for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eric Assoua recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Western Michigan paired 14.5 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball 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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2018 Postseason · Western Michigan

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

18

Usage

5.9

Consistency

40.5

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. BYU: 2. Delaware State: 0.5. Georgia State: 0.5. Miami (OH): 1. Bowling Green: 0. Central Michigan: 1. Toledo: 0. Ohio: 0. Ball State: 3.5. Northern Illinois: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 2 by 28.3. Delaware State: 3 by 17.5. Georgia State: 1 by 9.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 14.2. Central Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 4 by 51.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Ball State

Result
Fri 12/21@ BYUSplash gameL 18-4922110
Wed 11/21vs Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 28-2132110
Tue 11/13@ Ball StateSplash gameL 41-424221.500
Thu 11/1vs OhioL 14-5922000
Thu 10/25vs ToledoL 24-5110000
Sat 10/20@ Central MichiganW 35-1011010
Sat 10/13@ Bowling GreenW 42-35
Sat 9/29@ Miami (OH)W 40-3910100
Sat 9/22@ Georgia StateW 34-15100.5000
Sat 9/15vs Delaware StateW 68-0320.5000

Player Story

Eric Assoua story

Eric Assoua built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive lineman from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 33, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Eric Assoua's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Eric Assoua's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Western Michigan

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1327.26.713
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan14.524.911.61.5
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan10.5185.9-4
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan10.5185.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Central Michigan

Week 5 · W 49-10 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Ball State

Week 12 · L 41-42 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 3 · W 34-10

3.5

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#4

@ USC

Week 1 · L 31-49

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Akron

Week 7 · L 13-14 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.6 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan

14.5 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 11.6 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Western Michigan

46.7

13 primary · 27.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Western Michigan

44.9

10.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 5.9 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games