Player Dossier

2015-2021

Pittsburgh

John Petrishen

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Lower Burrell, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

John Petrishen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.1

Efficiency

33.7

Consistency

27.2

Season Value

42

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
9
Program Path
Penn State • Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Scouting Read

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John Petrishen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh. John Petrishen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.7 disruption score.

John Petrishen played LB for Penn State and Pittsburgh. Across 7 tracked seasons, John Petrishen recorded 91 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 18 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Pittsburgh.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

33.7

Usage

7.1

Consistency

27.2

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 0. Massachusetts: 4. Tennessee: 0.5. Western Michigan: 0. New Hampshire: 1.5. Georgia Tech: 2.5. Virginia Tech: 0.5. Clemson: 0. Miami: 2. Duke: 4. North Carolina: 0. Virginia: 0. Syracuse: 3. Wake Forest: 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. Michigan State: 9 by 37.5. Massachusetts: 6 by 65. Tennessee: 4 by 21.7. Western Michigan: 4 by 16.7. New Hampshire: 3 by 27.5. Georgia Tech: 5 by 45.8. Virginia Tech: 3 by 17.5. Clemson: 4 by 16.7. Miami: 3 by 32.5. Duke: 13 by 90. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Syracuse: 7 by 59.2. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 11 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

90 vs Duke

Result
Fri 12/31@ Michigan StateL 21-3192000
Sun 12/5@ Wake ForestW 45-2131000
Sun 11/28@ SyracuseSplash gameW 31-14731.501.500
Sat 11/20vs VirginiaW 48-3842000
Fri 11/12vs North CarolinaW 30-2332000
Sat 11/6@ Duke10+ tackles · Splash gameW 54-291371110
Sat 10/30vs MiamiSplash gameL 34-38311010
Sat 10/23vs ClemsonW 27-1742000
Sat 10/16@ Virginia TechW 28-7310.5000
Sat 10/2@ Georgia TechSplash gameW 52-21521.50010
Sat 9/25vs New HampshireW 77-7300.5000
Sat 9/18vs Western MichiganL 41-4441000
Sat 9/11@ TennesseeW 41-34420.5000
Sat 9/4vs Massachusetts2+ sacks · Splash gameW 51-764220

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Pittsburgh

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201820182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2016 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State111.32.81
2018 PostseasonPenn State04.20.7-1
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State04.20.70
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh08.31.40
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1.514.23.11.5
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh1833.77.116.5
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1833.77.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Duke

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#2

Massachusetts

4

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#3

Syracuse

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.

#4

Clemson

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#5

Georgia State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh

18 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 7.1 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

42

18 primary · 33.7 efficiency · 7.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

36.6

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

9

Seasons tracked

91

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 9 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.