Player Dossier

2020-2021

Marshall

Brian Cavicante

LB • 6'0" • 229 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brian Cavicante shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Player Story

Brian Cavicante built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Brian Cavicante's career was his defensive...

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Brian Cavicante, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Marshall. Brian Cavicante shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
49
TFL
2
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Brian Cavicante quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · LB
Career Tackles
49
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 22 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Marshall
Top game
Navy
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
32 tackles · LB 450th (top 36%) · Conference USA 144th (top 22%) · National 1,285th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall717-01-015.7
2021 PostseasonMarshall102-0--036.3
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall103021.5--036.3

Related Context

Brian Cavicante played LB for Marshall. Across 2 tracked seasons, Brian Cavicante recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Marshall paired 3.5 primary output with 16.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.8 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: Navy

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Marshall

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

16.8

Usage

2.6

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 0. Navy: 3. North Carolina Central: 0. East Carolina: 0. Old Dominion: 0. North Texas: 0. Florida International: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. UAB: 0. Charlotte: 0.5

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. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 9 by 67.5. North Carolina Central: 4 by 16.7. East Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 5 by 20.8. Florida International: 4 by 16.7. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 3 by 17.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Navy

Best efficiency game

67.5 vs Navy

Result
Sun 12/19vs LouisianaL 21-3622000
Sat 11/20@ CharlotteW 49-28310.5000
Sat 11/13vs UABL 14-2110000
Sat 11/6@ Florida AtlanticW 28-1320000
Sat 10/30vs Florida InternationalW 38-040000
Fri 10/15@ North TexasW 49-2153000
Sat 10/9vs Old DominionW 20-1310000
Sat 9/18vs East CarolinaL 38-4210000
Sat 9/11vs North Carolina CentralW 44-1041000
Sat 9/4@ NavySplash gameW 49-7951.501.500

Player Story

Brian Cavicante story

Brian Cavicante built his college career from 2020 through 2021 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Brian Cavicante's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Brian Cavicante's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Marshall

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall111.62.2
2021 PostseasonMarshall3.516.82.62.5
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall3.516.82.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Navy

Week 1 · W 49-7

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Michigan

Week 3

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 11 · W 42-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

48.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

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@ Buffalo

Week 1

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Havoc Plays

20.9 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Charlotte

Week 12 · W 49-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

20.6 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Marshall

3.5 primary output · 16.8 efficiency · 2.6 usage

36.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Marshall

36.3

3.5 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 2.6 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Marshall

15.7

1 primary · 11.6 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games