Player Dossier

2016-2018

Iowa State

Carson Lensing

DE • 6'4" • 267 lbs • Fort Atkinson, IA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carson Lensing shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

89

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

lowelite

Reliability

97

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Player Story

Carson Lensing built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive end from Fort Atkinson, IA wearing No. 45, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Carson Lensing's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7944

South Winneshiek · Calmar, IA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Carson Lensing, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Iowa State. Carson Lensing shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4
TFL
1.5
Sacks
1.5

Quick Answers

Carson Lensing quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · DE
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 2 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Texas Tech
Recruit profile
2-star · South Winneshiek · Iowa State
High school pipeline
South Winneshiek · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State241.51.5--063.4
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State00-0--0-

Related Context

Carson Lensing played DE for Iowa State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Carson Lensing recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 3 primary output with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

23.4

Usage

7

Consistency

72.2

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Akron: 1. Texas Tech: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half1 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 10/21@ Texas TechSplash gameW 31-1311110
Sat 9/16@ AkronW 41-14310.500.500

Player Story

Carson Lensing story

Carson Lensing built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a defensive end from Fort Atkinson, IA wearing No. 45, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Carson Lensing's career was his defensive production: 4 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 2 career games in the available record. That gives Carson Lensing's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State323.473
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State0-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas Tech

Week 8 · W 31-13 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Akron

Week 3 · W 41-14

1

Havoc Plays

39.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Iowa State

3 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 7 usage

63.4

#2

2016 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games