Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kansas State
Gunner Maldonado
S • 5'11" • 193 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Gunner Maldonado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northwestern • Arizona • Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Gunner Maldonado built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 3, spending time with Arizona, Kansas State, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Gunner Maldonado's career...
Read the storyGunner Maldonado, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Arizona. Gunner Maldonado shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 211
- TFL
- 5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Gunner Maldonado quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · S
- Career Tackles
- 211
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Arizona
- Top game
- Washington State
- High school pipeline
- Mater Dei · 95 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · S 166th (top 30%) · Big 12 107th (top 15%) · National 950th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 8 | 35 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 46.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 10 | 47 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Arizona | 13 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 38.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona | 13 | 70 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arizona to Kansas State | P4 to P4 | 76.6 | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 2021 | Northwestern to Arizona | P4 to P4 | 73.8 | Dec 20, 2020 |
Gunner Maldonado played S for Northwestern, Arizona, and Kansas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Gunner Maldonado recorded 211 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Arizona paired 4.5 primary output with 23.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Arizona, Kansas State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
18.6
Usage
4
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Dakota: 0. Iowa State: 0. Army: 0. Arizona: 0. UCF: 3. Baylor: 0. TCU: 1. Kansas: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 1. Utah: 0. Colorado: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Dakota: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Army: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 3 by 42.5. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. TCU: 4 by 26.7. Kansas: 5 by 30.8. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma State: 7 by 39.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 6 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs UCF
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Colorado | W 24-14 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Utah | L 47-51 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Oklahoma State | W 14-6 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Texas Tech | L 20-43 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Kansas | W 42-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs TCU | W 41-28 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Baylor | L 34-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs UCFSplash game | W 34-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Arizona | L 17-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Army | L 21-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs North Dakota | W 38-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Iowa State | L 21-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Gunner Maldonado story
Gunner Maldonado built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a safety from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 3, spending time with Arizona, Kansas State, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Gunner Maldonado's career was his defensive production: 211 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Gunner Maldonado'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
Northwestern
2020
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2021-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Kansas State
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 4.5 | 23.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 3.5 | 23.1 | 5.4 | -1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Arizona | 4 | 28.4 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Arizona | 4 | 28.4 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arizona | 2 | 20.6 | 6.4 | -2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas State | 6 | 18.6 | 4 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 12 · L 20-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Arizona State
Week 13 · W 59-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Stanford
Week 4 · W 21-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
76.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Oklahoma
Week 1 · W 38-24 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 1 · L 16-24
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Arizona
4.5 primary output · 23.9 efficiency · 4.9 usage
46.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Arizona
43.1
2 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Kansas State
40.8
6 primary · 18.6 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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