Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Texas Tech
Willie Sykes
DB • 6'0" • 180 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Willie Sykes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arkansas • Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Willie Sykes built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Arkansas and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Willie Sykes' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Willie Sykes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Willie Sykes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 2
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Willie Sykes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · DB
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Gulliver Prep · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Gulliver Prep · 35 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 19 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DB 486th (top 61%) · Big 12 185th (top 44%) · National 2,491st (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 56.6 |
Related Context
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Willie Sykes played DB for Arkansas and Texas Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Willie Sykes recorded 13 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 6 primary output with 19 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, Texas Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
19
Usage
5.5
Consistency
61.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
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Game Log
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
29.2 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/8 | @ Texas Tech | — | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Willie Sykes story
Willie Sykes built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Arkansas and Texas Tech. The clearest part of Willie Sykes' career was his defensive production: 13 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Willie Sykes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arkansas
2015
Opening stop
- 2
Texas Tech
2016-2017
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 6 | 19 | 5.5 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ West Virginia
Week 7 · L 35-46 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Eastern Washington
Week 1 · W 56-10
2
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Kansas
Week 6 · W 65-19 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
42.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Oklahoma State
Week 5 · L 34-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas Tech
Week 2
0
Havoc Plays
14.6 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech
6 primary output · 19 efficiency · 5.5 usage
56.6
#2
2015 Regular Season · Arkansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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