Usage / Role
28%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2016Virginia
Landan Word
ILB • 6'5" • Vienna, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Landan Word shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
63
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Player Story
Landan Word built his college career in 2016 as an inside linebacker from Vienna, VA wearing No. 98, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Landan Word's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 3...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Landan Word, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Virginia. Landan Word shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Landan Word quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Virginia Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Blessed Trinity Catholic · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Blessed Trinity Catholic · 21 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 98 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · ILB 38th (top 58%) · ACC 189th (top 32%) · National 1,932nd (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Virginia | 7 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.7 |
Related Context
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Landan Word played ILB for Virginia. Across 1 tracked season, Landan Word recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Virginia paired 7 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
22.5
Usage
7.5
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
West Virginia
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
West Virginia
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8/31 | @ West Virginia | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Landan Word story
Landan Word built his college career in 2016 as an inside linebacker from Vienna, VA wearing No. 98, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Landan Word's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Landan Word's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Virginia
2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Virginia | 7 | 22.5 | 7.5 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Virginia Tech
Week 13 · L 10-52 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs North Carolina
Week 8 · L 14-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 9 · L 25-32 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Georgia Tech
Week 12 · L 17-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 1
0
Havoc Plays
6.3 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Virginia
7 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
49.7
Milestones
2
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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