Player Dossier

2016-2020

Wisconsin

David Pfaff

DE • 6'2" • 288 lbs • Mequon, WI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

David Pfaff shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

25

Developing production for an edge defender

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8344

Homestead · Thiensville, WI

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

David Pfaff, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin. David Pfaff shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
11
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

David Pfaff quick answers

Latest team and position
Wisconsin · DE
Career Tackles
11
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 7 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Homestead · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
Homestead · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin611-0--040.1
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin10-01-059.4
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-

Related Context

David Pfaff played DE for Wisconsin. Across 5 tracked seasons, David Pfaff recorded 11 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Wisconsin.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 1 primary output with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10 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: Michigan

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

10

Usage

3.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

10 vs Michigan

Result
Sat 9/21vs MichiganW 35-1400000

Career Arc

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    Wisconsin

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonWisconsin0
2017 Regular SeasonWisconsin00
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin07.61.50
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin1103.31
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan

Week 4 · W 35-14 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

45.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Rutgers

Week 10 · W 31-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

11.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Nebraska

Week 6 · W 41-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

8.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 1 · W 34-3

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Michigan

Week 7 · L 13-38 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin

1 primary output · 10 efficiency · 3.3 usage

59.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · Wisconsin

40.1

0 primary · 7.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Wisconsin

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games