Player Dossier

2016-2019

San Diego State

Troy Cassidy

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Carlsbad, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Troy Cassidy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Troy Cassidy built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Carlsbad, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Troy Cassidy's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8258

Carlsbad · Carlsbad, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Troy Cassidy, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · San Diego State. Troy Cassidy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
122
TFL
8.5
Sacks
5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Troy Cassidy quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · LB
Career Tackles
122
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · San Diego State
Top game
New Mexico
Recruit profile
3-star · Carlsbad · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Carlsbad · 27 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 42 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
35 tackles · LB 442nd (top 35%) · Mountain West 120th (top 22%) · National 1,210th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State51011--015.7
2017 PostseasonSan Diego State106-0--019.9
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State10240.50.511019.9
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State121-0--049.3
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State124642.531049.3
2019 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11353111033

Related Context

Troy Cassidy played LB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Troy Cassidy recorded 122 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

San Diego State paired 10.5 primary output with 25.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

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

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2019 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18.7

Usage

4.9

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Weber State: 0.5. UCLA: 0.5. New Mexico State: 0. Utah State: 0. Colorado State: 2. Wyoming: 0. San José State: 0. UNLV: 0. Nevada: 0. Hawai'i: 1. BYU: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Weber State: 7 by 34.2. UCLA: 4 by 21.7. New Mexico State: 7 by 29.2. Utah State: 3 by 12.5. Colorado State: 4 by 36.7. Wyoming: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 2 by 18.3. BYU: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Colorado State

Result
Sun 12/1vs BYUSplash gameW 13-333110
Sun 11/24@ Hawai'iL 11-1421001
Sun 11/10vs NevadaL 13-1711000
Sun 10/27@ UNLVW 20-1710000
Sat 10/19@ San José StateW 27-1710000
Sun 10/13vs WyomingW 26-2221000
Sun 10/6@ Colorado StateSplash gameW 24-1042100
Sun 9/22vs Utah StateL 17-2330000
Sun 9/15@ New Mexico StateW 31-1074000
Sat 9/7@ UCLAW 23-14420.5000
Sun 9/1vs Weber StateW 6-0740.5000

Player Story

Troy Cassidy story

Troy Cassidy built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Carlsbad, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Troy Cassidy's career was his defensive production: 122 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Troy Cassidy's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonSan Diego State212.33
2017 PostseasonSan Diego State315.53.51
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State315.53.50
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State10.525.177.5
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State10.525.170
2019 Regular SeasonSan Diego State618.74.9-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ New Mexico

Week 10 · W 31-23 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

vs BYU

Week 14 · W 13-3

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Colorado State

Week 6 · W 24-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#4

vs San José State

Week 8 · W 42-3 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Stanford

Week 3 · W 20-17

2

Havoc Plays

62 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · San Diego State

10.5 primary output · 25.1 efficiency · 7 usage

49.3

#2

2018 Regular Season · San Diego State

49.3

10.5 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · San Diego State

33

6 primary · 18.7 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games