Player Dossier

2017-2020

South Alabama

Roy Yancey

LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Opelika, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Roy Yancey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Roy Yancey built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Opelika, AL wearing No. 14, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Roy Yancey's career was his defensive production: 49...

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Roy Yancey, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Alabama. Roy Yancey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
49
TFL
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Roy Yancey quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · LB
Career Tackles
49
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · South Alabama
Top game
Georgia State
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
1 tackles · LB 1,108th (top 99%) · Sun Belt 426th (top 96%) · National 4,995th (top 96%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama13-0--042.5
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama10452011050.4
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama11-0--036.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021South Alabama to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted17.1Mar 9, 2021

Roy Yancey played LB for South Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Roy Yancey recorded 8 passing yards and 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 4 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

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

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2020 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 9/4@ Liberty85000

Player Story

Roy Yancey story

Roy Yancey built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Opelika, AL wearing No. 14, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Roy Yancey's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 13 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Roy Yancey's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama0
2018 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama012.51.80
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama422.754
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama04.20.7-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia State

Week 13 · L 15-28 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

70.5 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.

#2

@ UL Monroe

Week 5 · L 17-30 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Arkansas State

Week 14 · W 34-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Louisiana

Week 12 · L 27-37 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Memphis

Week 3 · L 6-42

0.5

Havoc Plays

31.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · South Alabama

4 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 5 usage

50.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · South Alabama

42.5

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · South Alabama

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games