Player Dossier

2017-2019

Virginia Tech

Dylan Rivers

LB • 6'1" • 237 lbs • Stephens City, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dylan Rivers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.2

Efficiency

5.2

Consistency

100

Season Value

35.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech

1717181819

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

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.

Dylan Rivers, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Dylan Rivers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.

Dylan Rivers played LB for Virginia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dylan Rivers recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2019 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.2

Usage

1.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

1234

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Old Dominion: 0. Miami: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 0

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4
First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half
All Games0 · Games = 4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/23vs PittsburghW 28-021000
Sat 11/16@ Georgia TechW 45-011000
Sat 10/5@ MiamiW 42-3510000
Sat 9/7vs Old DominionW 31-1711000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Virginia Tech

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20172017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonVirginia Tech06.31.3
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech06.31.30
2018 PostseasonVirginia Tech5.522.55.85.5
2018 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech5.522.55.80
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech05.21.2-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Old Dominion

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.8 takeover score.

#2

North Carolina

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.1 takeover score.

#3

Cincinnati

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.

#4

Duke

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22 takeover score.

#5

Florida State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

35.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

35.5

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9076

Sherando · Stephens City, VA

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

41

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 15 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.