Player Dossier

2017-2021

Utah State

Kevin Meitzenheimer

LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Moreno Valley, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kevin Meitzenheimer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

25%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Player Story

Kevin Meitzenheimer built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Moreno Valley, CA wearing No. 33, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Kevin Meitzenheimer's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8315

Moreno Valley · Moreno Valley, CA

Committed To
Utah State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Kevin Meitzenheimer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah State. Kevin Meitzenheimer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
189
TFL
12.5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Kevin Meitzenheimer quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · LB
Career Tackles
189
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 9 entries · 44 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
Wyoming
Recruit profile
3-star · Moreno Valley · Utah State
High school pipeline
Moreno Valley · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 33 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
30 tackles · LB 482nd (top 39%) · Mountain West 140th (top 26%) · National 1,422nd (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonUtah State61-0--042.8
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State618-0--042.8
2018 PostseasonUtah State7310--041.1
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State710101-041.1
2019 PostseasonUtah State135-0--039
2019 Regular SeasonUtah State13852.50-1039
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State5373.50.5--051.9
2021 PostseasonUtah State134-0--037.6
2021 Regular SeasonUtah State13264.502-037.6

Related Context

Kevin Meitzenheimer played LB for Utah State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kevin Meitzenheimer recorded 189 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Utah State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Utah State paired 4 primary output with 38.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Utah State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.6

Usage

3

Consistency

10.3

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon State: 0. Washington State: 0. North Dakota: 0. Air Force: 0. Boise State: 0. BYU: 2. UNLV: 0. Colorado State: 0. Hawai'i: 2. New Mexico State: 0. Wyoming: 0. New Mexico: 1.5. San Diego State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. Washington State: 1 by 4.2. North Dakota: 4 by 16.7. Air Force: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 4 by 36.7. UNLV: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 1 by 24.2. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico: 6 by 40. San Diego State: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 10 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

40 vs New Mexico

Result
Sun 12/19@ Oregon StateW 24-1343000
Sat 12/4@ San Diego StateW 46-1310000
Fri 11/26@ New MexicoW 35-10611.5000
Sun 11/21vs WyomingL 17-4410000
Sat 11/6@ New Mexico StateW 35-1310000
Sat 10/30vs Hawai'iSplash gameW 51-3111100
Sat 10/23vs Colorado StateW 26-2422000
Sat 10/16@ UNLVW 28-2411000
Sat 10/2vs BYUSplash gameL 20-3441200
Sat 9/25vs Boise StateL 3-2721000
Sat 9/18@ Air ForceW 49-4521000
Sat 9/11vs North DakotaW 48-2442000
Sun 9/5@ Washington StateW 26-2310000

Player Story

Kevin Meitzenheimer story

Kevin Meitzenheimer built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Moreno Valley, CA wearing No. 33, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Kevin Meitzenheimer's career was his defensive production: 189 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. That gives Kevin Meitzenheimer's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Utah State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720172018201820192019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonUtah State013.21.8
2017 Regular SeasonUtah State013.21.80
2018 PostseasonUtah State413.53.94
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State413.53.90
2019 PostseasonUtah State4.531.75.40.5
2019 Regular SeasonUtah State4.531.75.40
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State438.88.8-0.5
2021 PostseasonUtah State6.514.632.5
2021 Regular SeasonUtah State6.514.630

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wyoming

Week 12 · W 26-21 · Conference game

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Boise State

Week 8 · L 13-42 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#3

vs BYU

Week 5 · L 20-34

2

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

@ North Texas

Week 1 · W 52-13 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 4 · W 23-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Utah State

4 primary output · 38.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage

51.9

#2

2017 Postseason · Utah State

42.8

0 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Utah State

42.8

0 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

3

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games