Player Dossier

2016-2019

Iowa 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.

Usage Score

0.7

Efficiency

4.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

35

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Steve Wirtel, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Iowa State. Steve Wirtel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

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: 2017 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Kansas

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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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Losses0 · Games = 2
First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Kansas

Result
Sat 11/23vs KansasW 41-3111000
Sat 10/26vs Oklahoma StateL 27-3411000
Sat 9/28@ BaylorL 21-2311000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.6
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.70
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State00
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Baylor

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Primary metric

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#2

Texas

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#3

Iowa

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#4

Kansas

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

#5

Kansas

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

35

#2

2019 Regular Season · Iowa State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Iowa State

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.79

Mount Carmel · Chicago, IL

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

6

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 6 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.