Player Dossier

2018-2020

Western 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.

Usage Score

0.6

Efficiency

4.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

34.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Tanner Motz, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Tanner Motz shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

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: 2019 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Eastern Michigan

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Active game

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 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 · Games = 2
First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 12/5vs Eastern MichiganL 42-5310000
Thu 11/12vs ToledoW 41-3810000
Wed 11/4@ AkronW 58-1310000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Western Michigan

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2018201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan29.42.6
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan29.42.60
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan04.20.6-2
2020 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan04.20.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

BYU

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.

#2

Georgia State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.2 takeover score.

#3

Northern Illinois

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

Ball State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Regular Season · Western Michigan

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

34.9

#2

2020 Regular Season · Western Michigan

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Western Michigan

10.4

2 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 2.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8181

St. Johns · Saint Johns, MI

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

15

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 11 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.