Player Dossier

2015-2016

South Florida

Cecil Cherry

LB • 6'0" • Frostrproof, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cecil Cherry shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

17

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky

Player Story

Cecil Cherry built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a linebacker from Frostrproof, FL wearing No. 33, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Cecil Cherry's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8156

St. Joseph's Prep · Philadelphia, PA

Committed To
Temple
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Cecil Cherry, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · South Florida. Cecil Cherry shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30

Quick Answers

Cecil Cherry quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · LB
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · South Florida
Top game
Kentucky
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Joseph's Prep · Temple
High school pipeline
St. Joseph's Prep · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 33 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
30 tackles · LB 418th (top 41%) · American Athletic 135th (top 26%) · National 1,405th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Florida00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Florida1030-0--042.5

Related Context

Cecil Cherry played LB for South Florida. Across 2 tracked seasons, Cecil Cherry recorded 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

South Florida paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2016 Regular Season · South Florida

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

1.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Towson: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Syracuse: 0. Florida State: 0. Cincinnati: 0. East Carolina: 0. Temple: 0. Navy: 0. Memphis: 0. SMU: 0

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. Towson: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Syracuse: 6 by 25. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 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

SMU

Best efficiency game

25 vs SMU

Result
Sun 11/20@ SMUW 35-2763000
Sun 11/13@ MemphisW 49-4232000
Fri 10/28vs NavyW 52-4511000
Fri 10/21@ TempleL 30-4611000
Sat 10/8vs East CarolinaW 38-2233000
Sat 10/1@ CincinnatiW 45-2010000
Sat 9/24vs Florida StateL 35-5531000
Sat 9/17@ SyracuseW 45-2064000
Sat 9/10vs Northern IllinoisW 48-1744000
Sat 9/3vs TowsonW 56-2020000

Player Story

Cecil Cherry story

Cecil Cherry built his college career from 2015 through 2016 as a linebacker from Frostrproof, FL wearing No. 33, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Cecil Cherry's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Cecil Cherry's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Florida

    2015-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonSouth Florida0
2016 Regular SeasonSouth Florida012.51.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kentucky

Week 13

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

71.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.

#2

@ SMU

Week 12 · W 35-27 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

17.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Syracuse

Week 3 · W 45-20

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Havoc Plays

16.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Northern Illinois

Week 2 · W 48-17

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Havoc Plays

13.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Memphis

Week 11 · W 49-42 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · South Florida

0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage

42.5

#2

2015 Regular Season · South Florida

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games