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 / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

41

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Player Story

Lamont Wade built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a safety from Clairton, PA wearing No. 38, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Lamont Wade's career was his defensive production: 153...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9797

Clairton · Clairton, PA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
153
TFL
7.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
9
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Lamont Wade quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · S
Career Tackles
153
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Penn State
Top game
Purdue
Recruit profile
4-star · Clairton · Penn State
High school pipeline
Clairton · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 38 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
37 tackles · S 100th (top 23%) · Big Ten 53rd (top 10%) · National 564th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonPenn State111-0--019.9
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State1130-013019.9
2018 PostseasonPenn State91-0--018.6
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State91731--018.6
2019 PostseasonPenn State133-0--046.1
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State13644.52-5046.1
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State937-0-1118.7

Related Context

Lamont Wade played S for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Lamont Wade recorded 153 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Penn State.

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.

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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

Indiana

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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

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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

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.0 vs Wins

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

Player Story

Lamont Wade story

Lamont Wade built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a safety from Clairton, PA wearing No. 38, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Lamont Wade's career was his defensive production: 153 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 92 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lamont Wade's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Penn State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonPenn State415.42.1
2017 Regular SeasonPenn State415.42.10
2018 PostseasonPenn State412.82.30
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State412.82.30
2019 PostseasonPenn State11.530.35.37.5
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State11.530.35.30
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State219.43.7-9.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Purdue

Week 6 · W 35-7 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio State

Week 13 · L 17-28 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Michigan State

Week 9 · W 28-7 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Kent State

Week 3 · W 63-10

3

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 8 · L 35-36 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Penn State

11.5 primary output · 30.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

46.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Penn State

46.1

11.5 primary · 30.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Penn State

19.9

4 primary · 15.4 efficiency · 2.1 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games