Player Career

Gunner Maldonado Career Story

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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. 1

    Northwestern

    2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2021-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Kansas State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern04.20.9—
2021 Regular SeasonArizona4.523.94.94.5
2022 Regular SeasonArizona3.523.15.4-1
2023 PostseasonArizona428.45.70.5
2023 Regular SeasonArizona428.45.70
2024 Regular SeasonArizona220.66.4-2
2025 Regular SeasonKansas State618.644

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Arizona to Kansas StateP4 to P476.6Dec 23, 2024
2021Northwestern to ArizonaP4 to P473.8Dec 20, 2020

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.

Game stats

#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.

Game stats

#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.

Game stats

#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.

Game stats

#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.

Game stats

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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