Player Dossier

2017-2022

Western Kentucky

Will Ignont

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Huntsville, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Will Ignont shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Tennessee • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Player Story

Will Ignont built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Huntsville, AL wearing No. 23, spending time with Tennessee and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Will Ignont's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.897

Buckhorn · Huntsville, AL

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Will Ignont, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Will Ignont shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
177
TFL
7.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Will Ignont quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · LB
Career Tackles
177
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Top game
Old Dominion
Recruit profile
4-star · Buckhorn · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Buckhorn · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
54 tackles · LB 253rd (top 21%) · Conference USA 40th (top 8%) · National 488th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee35-0--038.6
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee1147201-022.1
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee316-011024.4
2020 PostseasonWestern Kentucky13-0--042.8
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky115253-6055.7
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky13540.50-3019.8

Related Context

Will Ignont played LB for Tennessee and Western Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Will Ignont recorded 177 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Western Kentucky paired 15 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 76.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

20

Usage

3

Consistency

10.3

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0.5. Austin Peay: 0. Indiana: 0. Florida International: 1. Troy: 1. UTSA: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. UAB: 0. North Texas: 0. Charlotte: 0. Rice: 0. Auburn: 1. Florida Atlantic: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 8 by 38.3. Austin Peay: 6 by 25. Indiana: 7 by 29.2. Florida International: 0 by 10. Troy: 3 by 22.5. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Charlotte: 3 by 12.5. Rice: 6 by 25. Auburn: 2 by 18.3. Florida Atlantic: 9 by 37.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 11/26@ Florida AtlanticW 32-3194000
Sat 11/19@ AuburnL 17-4121001
Sat 11/12vs RiceW 45-1063000
Sat 11/5@ CharlotteW 59-731000
Sat 10/29vs North TexasL 13-4021000
Sat 10/22vs UABW 20-1731000
Sat 10/15@ Middle TennesseeW 35-1720000
Sat 10/8@ UTSAL 28-3132000
Sat 10/1vs TroyL 27-3432001
Sat 9/24vs Florida InternationalW 73-000001
Sat 9/17@ IndianaL 30-3374000
Sun 9/4@ Hawai'iW 49-17870.5000
Sat 8/27vs Austin PeayW 38-2762000

Player Story

Will Ignont story

Will Ignont built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Huntsville, AL wearing No. 23, spending time with Tennessee and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Will Ignont's career was his defensive production: 177 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Will Ignont's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Kentucky

    2020-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee06.91.1
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee320.54.63
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee228.95.3-1
2020 PostseasonWestern Kentucky012.51.9-2
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1533.36.315
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky3.5203-11.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Old Dominion

Week 7 · W 43-20 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia State

Week 1 · L 30-38

2

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Georgia

Week 5 · L 12-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

69.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 3 · W 24-0

1

Havoc Plays

63.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Indiana

Week 4 · L 31-33

2

Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

15 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 6.3 usage

55.7

#2

2020 Postseason · Western Kentucky

42.8

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Tennessee

38.6

0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games