Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021UNLV
Farrell Hester II
LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Farrell Hester II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State
Player Story
Farrell Hester II built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 53, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Farrell Hester II's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UNLV
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Farrell Hester II, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · UNLV. Farrell Hester II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 170
- TFL
- 6.5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Farrell Hester II quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · LB
- Career Tackles
- 170
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- San Diego State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bishop Gorman · UNLV
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 53 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · LB 908th (top 73%) · Mountain West 278th (top 52%) · National 3,355th (top 56%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 50 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UNLV | 10 | 33 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 45 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 11 | 70 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 3 | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UNLV | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.6 |
Related Context
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Farrell Hester II played LB for UNLV. Across 5 tracked seasons, Farrell Hester II recorded 170 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
UNLV paired 5.5 primary output with 19.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · UNLV
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
10.5
Usage
1.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9/2 | @ UAB | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Farrell Hester II story
Farrell Hester II built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 53, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Farrell Hester II's career was his defensive production: 170 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and 3 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with UNLV. 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 Farrell Hester II's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.
The arc is straightforward: Farrell Hester II 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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UNLV
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UNLV | 0.5 | 19.4 | 3.3 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UNLV | 5.5 | 19.2 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UNLV | 3 | 29.2 | 5.6 | -2.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 0.5 | 18.4 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | 10.5 | 1.7 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs San Diego State
Week 9 · L 17-20 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Fresno State
Week 10 · L 3-48 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
@ San Diego State
Week 11 · W 27-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
61.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Colorado State
Week 10 · L 17-37 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Hawai'i
Week 15 · L 21-38 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · UNLV
5.5 primary output · 19.2 efficiency · 5.7 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · UNLV
41.6
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 1.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · UNLV
34.8
3 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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