Player Dossier

2017-2021

Western Michigan

Ken Aguirre

DL • 6'2" • 310 lbs • Joliet, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ken Aguirre shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7733

Joliet Catholic Academy · Joliet, IL

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Ken Aguirre, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Ken Aguirre shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
29
TFL
3
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Ken Aguirre quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
29
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 17 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Joliet Catholic Academy · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Joliet Catholic Academy · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 90 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
7 tackles · DL 605th (top 65%) · Mid-American 289th (top 53%) · National 3,071st (top 52%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan5610--016.4
2019 PostseasonWestern Michigan42-0--016.9
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan450.50.5--016.9
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan3910--035.3
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan570.50.52-049.4

Related Context

Ken Aguirre played DL for Western Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ken Aguirre recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Western Michigan paired 3 primary output with 11.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

11.8

Usage

3.2

Consistency

59.5

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 0. Illinois State: 1. Pittsburgh: 1. San José State: 1. Buffalo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Illinois State: 2 by 18.3. Pittsburgh: 1 by 14.2. San José State: 2 by 18.3. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Illinois State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs San José State

Result
Sat 10/2@ BuffaloW 24-1710000
Sat 9/25vs San José StateW 23-3210.500.500
Sat 9/18@ PittsburghW 44-4111000
Sat 9/11vs Illinois StateW 28-021000
Sat 9/4@ MichiganL 14-4711000

Career Arc

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    Western Michigan

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan172.21
2019 PostseasonWestern Michigan19.81.90
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan19.81.90
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan115.83.20
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan311.83.22

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 2 · L 3-49

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Illinois State

Week 2 · W 28-0

1

Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#3

vs San José State

Week 4 · W 23-3

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Miami (OH)

Week 7 · W 38-16 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Pittsburgh

Week 3 · W 44-41

1

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Western Michigan

3 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

49.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan

35.3

1 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Western Michigan

16.9

1 primary · 9.8 efficiency · 1.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games