Player Dossier

2017-2020

Penn State

Lamont Wade

S • 5'9" • 187 lbs • Clairton, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Lamont Wade shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.7

Efficiency

19.4

Consistency

7.4

Season Value

8.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

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.

Lamont Wade, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Penn State. Lamont Wade shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Penn State paired 11.5 primary output with 30.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2020 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

19.4

Usage

3.7

Consistency

7.4

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 1. Ohio State: 0. Maryland: 0. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Michigan: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan State: 1. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 8 by 33.3. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 5 by 20.8. Iowa: 10 by 41.7. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5. Illinois: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=4 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=5 · -0.0 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=5 · -0.0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=4 · +0.0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Iowa

Result
Sat 12/19vs IllinoisW 56-2110000
Sat 12/12vs Michigan StateW 39-2431001
Sat 12/5@ RutgersW 23-732000
Sat 11/28@ MichiganW 27-1730000
Sat 11/21vs Iowa10+ tacklesL 21-41106000
Sat 11/14@ NebraskaL 23-3052000
Sat 11/7vs MarylandL 19-3510000
Sat 10/31vs Ohio StateL 25-3886000
Sat 10/24@ IndianaL 35-36310010

Career Arc

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

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    Penn State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2017201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonPenn State314.51.9
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State314.51.90
2018 PostseasonPenn State412.82.41
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State412.82.40
2019 PostseasonPenn State11.530.35.67.5
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State11.530.35.60
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State219.43.7-9.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Purdue

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#2

Ohio State

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.

#3

Michigan State

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.

#4

Kent State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.

#5

Nebraska

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Postseason · Penn State

11.5 primary output · 30.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Penn State

16

11.5 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Penn State

8.4

2 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 3.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9797

Clairton · Clairton, PA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

153

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 42 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Lamont Wade quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
153