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Player Dossier
2016-2017Texas State
Gabe Loyd
ILB • 6'2" • 232 lbs • St. Louis, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gabe Loyd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
79
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Texas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Player Story
Gabe Loyd built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 2, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Gabe Loyd's career was his defensive...
Read the storyGabe Loyd, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas State. Gabe Loyd shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 184
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Gabe Loyd quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas State · ILB
- Career Tackles
- 184
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Texas State
- Top game
- Idaho
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 82 tackles · ILB 13th (top 28%) · Sun Belt 14th (top 3%) · National 190th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 102 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 59.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 82 | 10 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 75.7 |
Related Context
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Gabe Loyd played ILB for Texas State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Gabe Loyd recorded 184 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Texas State paired 18.5 primary output with 43.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Texas State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
46.3
Usage
12.8
Consistency
21.6
Best Game by takeover score
Idaho
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 1. Arkansas: 0.5. Houston: 0. Incarnate Word: 0. Georgia State: 0. UL Monroe: 2.5. Louisiana: 0. App State: 0. Idaho: 5. New Mexico State: 0. Troy: 3. Arkansas State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 10 by 51.7. Arkansas: 8 by 38.3. Houston: 6 by 25. Incarnate Word: 7 by 29.2. Georgia State: 7 by 29.2. UL Monroe: 12 by 75. Louisiana: 9 by 37.5. App State: 9 by 37.5. Idaho: 11 by 95.8. New Mexico State: 5 by 20.8. Troy: 9 by 67.5. Arkansas State: 9 by 47.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 10 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Idaho
Best efficiency game
95.8 vs Idaho
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/4 | vs Arkansas State | L 14-36 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs TroySplash game | L 7-40 | 9 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-50 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Idaho10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | L 14-47 | 11 | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ App State | L 10-35 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Louisiana | L 3-27 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ UL Monroe10+ tackles · Splash game | L 34-40 | 12 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Georgia State | L 21-41 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Incarnate Word | W 48-17 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Houston | L 3-64 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Arkansas | L 3-42 | 8 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Ohio10+ tackles | W 56-54 | 10 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Gabe Loyd story
Gabe Loyd built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 2, spending time with Texas State. The clearest part of Gabe Loyd's career was his defensive production: 184 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Texas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Gabe Loyd's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas State.
The arc is straightforward: Gabe Loyd moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Texas State
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas State | 13 | 46.3 | 12.8 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas State | 18.5 | 43.9 | 12.9 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho
Week 11 · L 14-47 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico State
Week 10 · L 35-45 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Coastal Carolina
Week 9 · W 27-7 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Wyoming
Week 5 · L 10-45
2.5
Havoc Plays
76.6 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Troy
Week 13 · L 7-40 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Texas State
18.5 primary output · 43.9 efficiency · 12.9 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Texas State
59.5
13 primary · 46.3 efficiency · 12.8 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
9
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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