Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Iowa State
Steve Wirtel
DL • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Orland Park, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Steve Wirtel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Steve Wirtel, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Iowa State. Steve Wirtel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 6
Quick Answers
Steve Wirtel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 6
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mount Carmel · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Mount Carmel · 49 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 39 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DL 711th (top 83%) · Big 12 296th (top 66%) · National 3,980th (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
Related Context
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Steve Wirtel played DL for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Steve Wirtel recorded 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Baylor
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Kansas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Baylor
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Kansas
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Baylor
Week 5 · L 21-23 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Iowa
Week 2 · L 3-42
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Kansas
Week 7 · W 45-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Kansas
Week 13 · W 41-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 9 · L 27-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
36.8
#2
2017 Regular Season · Iowa State
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Iowa State
36.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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