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Player Dossier
2020-2024Penn State
Amin Vanover
DE • 6'4" • 268 lbs • Newark, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Amin Vanover shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for an edge defender
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Player Story
Amin Vanover built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive end from Newark, NJ wearing No. 15, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Amin Vanover's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Amin Vanover, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. Amin Vanover shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 48
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Amin Vanover quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Boise State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St Joseph Regional · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- St Joseph Regional · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DE 98th (top 36%) · Big Ten 254th (top 31%) · National 1,922nd (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 14 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 45.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 5 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 33.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 62.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 12 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 62.3 |
Related Context
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Amin Vanover played DE for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Amin Vanover recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Penn State paired 12 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Penn State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
17.3
Usage
8.8
Consistency
58.5
Best Game by takeover score
Boise State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 1. Boise State: 3. SMU: 0. West Virginia: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Kent State: 0. UCLA: 1. Ohio State: 0. Purdue: 2. Minnesota: 1. Maryland: 2. Oregon: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2. Boise State: 6 by 55. SMU: 2 by 8.3. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 0 by 10. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 14.2. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Purdue: 1 by 24.2. Minnesota: 0 by 10. Maryland: 2 by 28.3. Oregon: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.4 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
Boise State
Best efficiency game
55 vs Boise State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/10 | vs Notre Dame | L 24-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 1/1 | @ Boise StateSplash game | W 31-14 | 6 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/21 | vs SMU | W 38-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/8 | @ Oregon | L 37-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | vs MarylandSplash game | W 44-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Minnesota | W 26-25 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 49-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Ohio State | L 13-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs UCLA | W 27-11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Kent State | W 56-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Bowling Green | W 34-27 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ West Virginia | W 34-12 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Amin Vanover story
Amin Vanover built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive end from Newark, NJ wearing No. 15, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Amin Vanover's career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Amin Vanover's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2020202120212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 1 | 13.4 | 3.1 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 13.4 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 9.5 | 15.3 | 3.4 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 13 | 3.9 | -5.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 12 | 17.3 | 8.8 | 8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 17.3 | 8.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Boise State
Week 1 · W 31-14 · Postseason
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Iowa
Week 4 · W 31-0 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Arkansas
Week 1 · L 10-24 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Maryland
Week 11 · W 30-0 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Penn State
12 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 8.8 usage
62.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
62.3
12 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 8.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
45.4
9.5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 3.4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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