Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2020Western Michigan
Tanner Motz
LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Saint Johns, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tanner Motz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: BYU
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Tanner Motz, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Tanner Motz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 15
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Tanner Motz quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- BYU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Johns · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- St. Johns · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · LB 931st (top 83%) · Mid-American 283rd (top 67%) · National 3,454th (top 67%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Western Michigan | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
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Tanner Motz played LB for Western Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tanner Motz recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Akron: 0. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Eastern Michigan
Career Arc
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Western Michigan
2018-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Western Michigan | 2 | 9.4 | 2.5 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 2 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ BYU
Week 1 · L 18-49 · Postseason
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Georgia State
Week 4 · W 34-15
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Delaware State
Week 3 · W 68-0
0
Havoc Plays
7.5 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Ball State
Week 12 · L 41-42 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
36.5
#2
2019 Regular Season · Western Michigan
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Western Michigan
35
2 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 2.5 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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