Player Dossier

2017-2022

Kansas State

Will Honas

LB • 6'2" • 233 lbs • Wichita, KS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Will Honas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

14.1

Efficiency

49.8

Consistency

53.3

Season Value

54.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Nebraska • Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

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.

Will Honas, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska. Will Honas shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Will Honas played LB for Nebraska and Kansas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Will Honas recorded 144 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 11.5 primary output with 49.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 49.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Kansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

1.6

Efficiency

49.8

Usage

14.1

Consistency

53.3

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 4. Penn State: 1.5. Illinois: 3.5. Iowa: 0. Purdue: 0. Minnesota: 1. Rutgers: 1.5

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. Ohio State: 7 by 69.2. Penn State: 13 by 65. Illinois: 10 by 76.7. Iowa: 8 by 33.3. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. Minnesota: 7 by 39.2. Rutgers: 8 by 48.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 3 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 4 · +1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

76.7 vs Illinois

Result
Sat 12/19@ RutgersW 28-21851.5000
Sat 12/12vs MinnesotaL 17-2471100
Sat 12/5@ PurdueW 37-2743000
Fri 11/27@ IowaL 20-2687000
Sat 11/21vs Illinois10+ tackles · Splash gameL 23-411031.5010
Sat 11/14vs Penn State10+ tacklesW 30-231350.5000
Sat 10/24@ Ohio State2+ sacks · Splash gameL 17-5276220

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kansas State

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska220.64.92
2019 Regular SeasonNebraska831.77.36
2020 Regular SeasonNebraska11.549.814.13.5
2021 Regular SeasonNebraska0-11.5
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio State

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.

#2

Illinois

3.5

Primary metric

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.

#3

Troy

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56 takeover score.

#4

Illinois

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.1 takeover score.

#5

South Alabama

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Nebraska

11.5 primary output · 49.8 efficiency · 14.1 usage

54.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · Nebraska

37.6

8 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

12.8

2 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

5

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

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

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

144

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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