Player Dossier

2016-2018

Cincinnati

Ty Sponseller

LB • 6'2" • 215 lbs • Mason, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ty Sponseller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

47

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

34

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Player Story

Ty Sponseller built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a linebacker from Mason, OH wearing No. 40, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Ty Sponseller's career was his defensive production: 15...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8403

Steele · Cibolo, TX

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Ty Sponseller, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Ty Sponseller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
15
TFL
2
Sacks
1.5

Quick Answers

Ty Sponseller quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · LB
Career Tackles
15
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 10 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati
Top game
East Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Steele · Utah State
High school pipeline
Steele · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 40 · Sophomore
2018 Tackles rank
10 tackles · LB 722nd (top 62%) · American Athletic 261st (top 47%) · National 2,694th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonCincinnati00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonCincinnati35-0--039
2018 PostseasonCincinnati61-0--038.3
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati6921.5--038.3

Related Context

Ty Sponseller played LB for Cincinnati. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ty Sponseller recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 0 primary output with 6.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

12.8

Usage

3.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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

1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 9/21@ Wake Forest44000

Player Story

Ty Sponseller story

Ty Sponseller built his college career from 2016 through 2018 as a linebacker from Mason, OH wearing No. 40, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Ty Sponseller's career was his defensive production: 15 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Ty Sponseller's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Cincinnati

    2016-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2017 Regular SeasonCincinnati06.91.20
2018 PostseasonCincinnati3.512.83.53.5
2018 Regular SeasonCincinnati3.512.83.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs East Carolina

Week 13 · W 56-6 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Navy

Week 10 · W 42-0 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

57 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57 takeover score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 4

0

Havoc Plays

8.4 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Miami (OH)

Week 2 · W 21-0

0

Havoc Plays

8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.

#5

@ Michigan

Week 2 · L 14-36

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Cincinnati

0 primary output · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage

39

#2

2018 Postseason · Cincinnati

38.3

3.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Cincinnati

38.3

3.5 primary · 12.8 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games