Player Dossier

2019-2023

Texas State

Dan Foster Jr.

LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Riviera Beach, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dan Foster Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

21

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Marshall • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Player Story

Dan Foster Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Marshall and Texas State. The clearest part of Dan Foster Jr.'s career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.83

Dwyer · Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Committed To
Marshall
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Dan Foster Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas State. Dan Foster Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
59
TFL
4
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Dan Foster Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · LB
Career Tackles
59
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Texas State
Top game
Georgia Southern
Recruit profile
3-star · Dwyer · Marshall
High school pipeline
Dwyer · 49 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Junior
2023 Tackles rank
44 tackles · LB 326th (top 27%) · Sun Belt 94th (top 15%) · National 748th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall22-0--036.7
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall56-0--036.8
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall670.50-1012.7
2023 PostseasonTexas State102-0--056.3
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State10423.503-056.3

Related Context

Dan Foster Jr. played LB for Marshall and Texas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dan Foster Jr. recorded 59 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Texas State paired 6.5 primary output with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 24.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 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 Marshall, Texas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Texas State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

24.8

Usage

6

Consistency

50.8

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 0. Baylor: 0. UTSA: 0. Jackson State: 0.5. Nevada: 1. Troy: 1. Georgia Southern: 2. Coastal Carolina: 1. Arkansas State: 1. South Alabama: 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.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 2 by 8.3. Baylor: 5 by 20.8. UTSA: 10 by 41.7. Jackson State: 3 by 17.5. Nevada: 8 by 43.3. Troy: 1 by 14.2. Georgia Southern: 1 by 24.2. Coastal Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas State: 6 by 35. South Alabama: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Nevada

Result
Tue 12/26@ RiceW 45-2121000
Sun 11/26vs South AlabamaW 52-4441000
Sat 11/18@ Arkansas StateL 31-7764000
Sat 11/11@ Coastal CarolinaL 23-3141100
Sat 11/4vs Georgia SouthernSplash gameW 45-2411000
Sat 10/28vs TroyL 13-3111100
Sat 9/23vs NevadaW 35-2487100
Sun 9/17vs Jackson StateW 77-34300.5000
Sat 9/9@ UTSA10+ tacklesL 13-20103000
Sat 9/2@ BaylorW 42-3154000

Player Story

Dan Foster Jr. story

Dan Foster Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Marshall and Texas State. The clearest part of Dan Foster Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 59 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dan Foster Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Marshall

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMarshall0
2020 Regular SeasonMarshall04.20.70
2021 Regular SeasonMarshall050.60
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall1.57.41.11.5
2023 PostseasonTexas State6.524.865
2023 Regular SeasonTexas State6.524.860

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Southern

Week 10 · W 45-24 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

67 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.

#2

vs Nevada

Week 4 · W 35-24

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Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Arkansas State

Week 12 · L 31-77 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 11 · L 23-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia State

Week 13 · W 28-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

42.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Texas State

6.5 primary output · 24.8 efficiency · 6 usage

56.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Texas State

56.3

6.5 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Marshall

36.8

0 primary · 5 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games