Player Dossier

2018-2022

Iowa State

O'Rien Vance

LB • 6'2" • 260 lbs • Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

O'Rien Vance shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

76%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

91

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

77

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

O'Rien Vance built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cedar Rapids, IA wearing No. 34, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of O'Rien Vance's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8711

George Washington · Cedar Rapids, IA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

O'Rien Vance, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Iowa State. O'Rien Vance shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
256
TFL
32
Sacks
13.5
QB hurries
17
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

O'Rien Vance quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · LB
Career Tackles
256
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 55 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
3-star · George Washington · Iowa State
High school pipeline
George Washington · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
62 tackles · LB 203rd (top 17%) · Big 12 29th (top 7%) · National 341st (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State10244.51.53-026
2019 PostseasonIowa State125-0--071.3
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State126196.58-071.3
2020 PostseasonIowa State12410--041.1
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State126451-1041.1
2021 PostseasonIowa State990.50--037.5
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State9272141037.5
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State1262103.52-062.4

Related Context

O'Rien Vance played LB for Iowa State. Across 5 tracked seasons, O'Rien Vance recorded 256 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Iowa State paired 23.5 primary output with 40.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 34.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Loss 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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2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

34.4

Usage

11.2

Consistency

55.7

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 0. Iowa: 1. Ohio: 3. Baylor: 2. Kansas: 1. Kansas State: 1.5. Texas: 0. Oklahoma: 0. West Virginia: 2. Oklahoma State: 0.5. Texas Tech: 3. TCU: 1.5

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. Southeast Missouri State: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 6 by 35. Ohio: 5 by 50.8. Baylor: 8 by 53.3. Kansas: 6 by 35. Kansas State: 4 by 31.7. Texas: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 8 by 33.3. West Virginia: 2 by 28.3. Oklahoma State: 3 by 17.5. Texas Tech: 8 by 63.3. TCU: 4 by 31.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

63.3 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 11/26@ TCUL 14-62421.5000
Sun 11/20vs Texas TechSplash gameL 10-1485210
Sat 11/12@ Oklahoma StateL 14-20310.5000
Sat 11/5vs West VirginiaSplash gameW 31-1421110
Sat 10/29vs OklahomaL 13-2783000
Sat 10/15@ TexasL 21-2451000
Sat 10/8vs Kansas StateL 9-10420.5000
Sat 10/1@ KansasL 11-1461100
Sat 9/24vs BaylorSplash gameL 24-31831.500.500
Sat 9/17vs OhioSplash gameW 43-1053110
Sat 9/10@ IowaW 10-764100
Sat 9/3vs Southeast Missouri StateW 42-1032000

Player Story

O'Rien Vance story

O'Rien Vance built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Cedar Rapids, IA wearing No. 34, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of O'Rien Vance's career was his defensive production: 256 tackles, 32 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 55 career games in the available record. That gives O'Rien Vance's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State9194
2019 PostseasonIowa State23.540.811.714.5
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State23.540.811.70
2020 PostseasonIowa State830.37.3-15.5
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State830.37.30
2021 PostseasonIowa State8.526.16.60.5
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State8.526.16.60
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State15.534.411.27

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 5 · L 21-23 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma State

Week 6 · W 48-42 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas Tech

Week 12 · L 10-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 13 · W 23-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Northern Iowa

Week 1 · W 16-10

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Iowa State

23.5 primary output · 40.8 efficiency · 11.7 usage

71.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Iowa State

71.3

23.5 primary · 40.8 efficiency · 11.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

62.4

15.5 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 11.2 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

16

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games