Player Dossier

2018-2021

Oklahoma State

Tre Sterling

S • 5'11" • 205 lbs • Sunnyvale, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tre Sterling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Oklahoma State

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Tre Sterling built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a safety from Sunnyvale, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Tre Sterling's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8439

Sunnyvale · Sunnyvale, TX

Committed To
Oklahoma State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Tre Sterling, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Oklahoma State. Tre Sterling shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
161
TFL
22.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
12
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Tre Sterling quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma State · S
Career Tackles
161
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 28 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Oklahoma State
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
3-star · Sunnyvale · Oklahoma State
High school pipeline
Sunnyvale · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
15 tackles · S 282nd (top 55%) · Big 12 178th (top 40%) · National 2,358th (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonOklahoma State12-0--040.3
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State125-0--066.4
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State126581.528066.4
2020 PostseasonOklahoma State10132.50.5-1077.8
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State10619.5013277.8
2021 PostseasonOklahoma State52-0--027.6
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State5132.51--027.6

Related Context

Tre Sterling played S for Oklahoma State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tre Sterling recorded 161 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Oklahoma State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Oklahoma State paired 19.5 primary output with 49.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

19.5

Usage

4.4

Consistency

37.1

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Missouri State: 0. Tulsa: 0.5. Texas Tech: 1. Baylor: 2

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. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. Missouri State: 6 by 25. Tulsa: 2 by 13.3. Texas Tech: 1 by 14.2. Baylor: 4 by 36.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 4 · -1.6 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · +1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs Baylor

Result
Sat 1/1@ Notre DameW 37-3520000
Sat 12/4vs BaylorSplash gameL 16-2142110
Sun 11/21@ Texas TechW 23-011100
Sat 9/11vs TulsaW 28-23200.5000
Sat 9/4vs Missouri StateW 23-1663000

Player Story

Tre Sterling story

Tre Sterling built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a safety from Sunnyvale, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Tre Sterling's career was his defensive production: 161 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Oklahoma State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tre Sterling's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oklahoma State.

The arc is straightforward: Tre Sterling moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Oklahoma State

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonOklahoma State08.31.5
2019 PostseasonOklahoma State20.541.48.720.5
2019 Regular SeasonOklahoma State20.541.48.70
2020 PostseasonOklahoma State19.549.912.6-1
2020 Regular SeasonOklahoma State19.549.912.60
2021 PostseasonOklahoma State3.519.54.4-16
2021 Regular SeasonOklahoma State3.519.54.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 1 · W 37-34 · Postseason

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Oregon State

Week 1 · W 52-36

3.5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas Tech

Week 13 · W 50-44 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

86.7 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 12 · W 31-13 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa State

Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Oklahoma State

19.5 primary output · 49.9 efficiency · 12.6 usage

77.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

77.8

19.5 primary · 49.9 efficiency · 12.6 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Oklahoma State

66.4

20.5 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 8.7 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

12

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games