Player Dossier

2016-2019

Fresno State

Mykal Walker

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Sacramento, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mykal Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

16.5

Efficiency

47.3

Consistency

45.1

Season Value

42.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

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.

Mykal Walker, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Fresno State. Mykal Walker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.3 disruption score.

Mykal Walker played LB for Fresno State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mykal Walker recorded 182 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Fresno State paired 29.5 primary output with 46.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 47.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Loss with 5.5 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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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

47.3

Usage

16.5

Consistency

45.1

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 2. Minnesota: 1. Sacramento State: 1.5. New Mexico State: 1.5. Air Force: 1. UNLV: 2. Colorado State: 3. Hawai'i: 1. Utah State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Nevada: 5.5. San José State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 15 by 70. Minnesota: 9 by 47.5. Sacramento State: 5 by 35.8. New Mexico State: 9 by 52.5. Air Force: 11 by 55.8. UNLV: 9 by 57.5. Colorado State: 5 by 50.8. Hawai'i: 6 by 35. Utah State: 6 by 25. San Diego State: 5 by 20.8. Nevada: 11 by 95.8. San José State: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

95.8 vs Nevada

Result
Sun 12/1@ San José StateL 16-1752000
Sun 11/24vs Nevada10+ tackles · Splash gameL 28-351151.5012
Sat 11/16@ San Diego StateL 7-1754000
Sun 11/10vs Utah StateL 35-3764000
Sun 11/3@ Hawai'iW 41-3866100
Sat 10/26vs Colorado StateSplash gameL 31-4154210
Sat 10/19vs UNLVSplash gameW 56-2799101
Sat 10/12@ Air Force10+ tacklesL 24-43115100
Sun 9/29@ New Mexico StateW 30-179410.500
Sun 9/22vs Sacramento StateW 34-20520.5000
Sun 9/8vs MinnesotaL 35-3894000
Sun 9/1@ USC10+ tackles · Splash gameL 23-31157101

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State0
2017 Regular SeasonFresno State00
2018 PostseasonFresno State29.546.314.629.5
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State29.546.314.60
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State18.547.316.5-11

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Nevada

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Primary metric

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.9 takeover score.

#2

Hawai'i

4.5

Primary metric

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#3

Toledo

5.5

Primary metric

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.6 takeover score.

#4

San José State

3.5

Primary metric

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.3 takeover score.

#5

Boise State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Fresno State

29.5 primary output · 46.3 efficiency · 14.6 usage

52.3

#2

2018 Regular Season · Fresno State

52.3

29.5 primary · 46.3 efficiency · 14.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Fresno State

42.9

18.5 primary · 47.3 efficiency · 16.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

10

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

182

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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