Usage / Role
83%
Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Kansas 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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Nebraska • Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State
Player Story
Will Honas built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Wichita, KS wearing No. 16, spending time with Kansas State and Nebraska. The clearest part of Will Honas' career was his defensive...
Read the storyWill 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 144
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Will Honas quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 144
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Ohio State
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 7 | 57 | 6.5 | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 75.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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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.
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Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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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.
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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
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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 | @ Rutgers | W 28-21 | 8 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | vs Minnesota | L 17-24 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | @ Purdue | W 37-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Iowa | L 20-26 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs Illinois10+ tackles · Splash game | L 23-41 | 10 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Penn State10+ tackles | W 30-23 | 13 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Ohio State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 17-52 | 7 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Will Honas story
Will Honas built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a linebacker from Wichita, KS wearing No. 16, spending time with Kansas State and Nebraska. The clearest part of Will Honas' career was his defensive production: 144 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Nebraska. 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 Will Honas' production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State and Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Will Honas 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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- 1
Nebraska
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Kansas State
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Nebraska | 2 | 20.6 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Nebraska | 8 | 31.7 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11.5 | 49.8 | 14.1 | 3.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | -11.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ohio State
Week 8 · L 17-52 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 12 · L 23-41 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Troy
Week 3 · L 19-24
2
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 4 · W 42-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#5
vs South Alabama
Week 1 · W 35-21
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
11.5 primary output · 49.8 efficiency · 14.1 usage
75.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · Nebraska
50.9
8 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Nebraska
21.7
2 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
5
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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