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Player Dossier
2016-2019Wake Forest
Essang Bassey
DB • 5'10" • 190 lbs • Columbus, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Essang Bassey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Player Story
Essang Bassey built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Columbus, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Essang Bassey's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wake Forest
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Essang Bassey, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Wake Forest. Essang Bassey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 222
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 44
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Essang Bassey quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · DB
- Career Tackles
- 222
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Wake Forest
- Top game
- NC State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Columbus · Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- Columbus · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · DB 93rd (top 11%) · ACC 55th (top 9%) · National 454th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Wake Forest | 9 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 9 | 17 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 16.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | Wake Forest | 12 | 9 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 12 | 60 | 5 | 0 | - | 12 | 2 | 63.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 71 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 14 | 1 | 48.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 46.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 13 | 55 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 46.6 |
Related Context
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Essang Bassey played DB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Essang Bassey recorded 222 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Wake Forest paired 23 primary output with 43.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 30.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
30.4
Usage
4.6
Consistency
54.1
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 3. Utah State: 0. Rice: 1. North Carolina: 1. Elon: 1. Boston College: 1. Louisville: 0. Florida State: 3.5. NC State: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Clemson: 0. Duke: 1. Syracuse: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan State: 5 by 50.8. Utah State: 7 by 29.2. Rice: 2 by 18.3. North Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Elon: 4 by 26.7. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. Louisville: 6 by 25. Florida State: 7 by 64.2. NC State: 6 by 35. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Clemson: 5 by 20.8. Duke: 2 by 18.3. Syracuse: 10 by 61.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
64.2 vs Florida State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/27 | vs Michigan StateSplash game | L 21-27 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Syracuse10+ tackles · Splash game | L 30-39 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | vs Duke | W 39-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Clemson | L 3-52 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Virginia Tech | L 17-36 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs NC State | W 44-10 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 22-20 | 7 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Louisville | L 59-62 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Boston College | W 27-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Elon | W 49-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/13 | vs North Carolina | W 24-18 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Rice | W 41-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Utah State | W 38-35 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Essang Bassey story
Essang Bassey built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive back from Columbus, GA wearing No. 21, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Essang Bassey's career was his defensive production: 222 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 5 interceptions across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Essang Bassey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162016201720172018201820192019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | Wake Forest | 4.5 | 13.8 | 2.5 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 4.5 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Wake Forest | 23 | 43.1 | 6.3 | 18.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 23 | 43.1 | 6.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Wake Forest | 19.5 | 38.3 | 4.8 | -3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 19.5 | 38.3 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 14.5 | 30.4 | 4.6 | -5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 14.5 | 30.4 | 4.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs NC State
Week 12 · W 30-24 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Utah State
Week 3 · W 46-10
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Syracuse
Week 10 · L 24-41 · Conference game
5.5
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Louisville
Week 9 · W 56-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Michigan State
Week 1 · L 21-27 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Wake Forest
23 primary output · 43.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Wake Forest
63.9
23 primary · 43.1 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Wake Forest
48.9
19.5 primary · 38.3 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
14
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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