Player Dossier

2019-2024

Colorado State

Isaiah Essissima

DB • 5'10" • 175 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaiah Essissima shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Wake Forest • Nevada • Colorado State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Player Story

Isaiah Essissima built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Colorado State, Nevada, and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Isaiah Essissima's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8608

Brophy College Preparatory · Phoenix, AZ

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Isaiah Essissima, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada. Isaiah Essissima shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
71
TFL
1.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
17

Quick Answers

Isaiah Essissima quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado State · DB
Career Tackles
71
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 31 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Nevada
Top game
Boise State
Recruit profile
3-star · Brophy College Preparatory · Kansas State
High school pipeline
Brophy College Preparatory · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DB 526th (top 54%) · Mountain West 218th (top 41%) · National 2,483rd (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonWake Forest41-0--038.6
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest45-0--038.6
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonNevada612-0-3027.8
2022 Regular SeasonNevada12350.5019057.6
2023 Regular SeasonNevada34-0-109.4
2024 PostseasonColorado State63-0--034.3
2024 Regular SeasonColorado State61110-4034.3

Related Context

Isaiah Essissima played DB for Wake Forest, Nevada, and Colorado State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Isaiah Essissima recorded 67 receiving yards and 71 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Nevada paired 12.5 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 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 Wake Forest, Nevada, Colorado State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

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

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2024 Postseason · Colorado State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

18.1

Usage

2.1

Consistency

61.4

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 0. Texas: 1. Northern Colorado: 1. Colorado: 2. UTEP: 1. San José State: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Texas: 3 by 22.5. Northern Colorado: 0 by 10. Colorado: 3 by 32.5. UTEP: 2 by 18.3. San José State: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Colorado

Result
Sat 12/28vs Miami (OH)L 17-4331000
Sat 10/12vs San José StateW 31-2433000
Sat 9/21vs UTEPW 27-1722100
Sat 9/14vs ColoradoSplash gameL 9-2831002
Sat 9/7vs Northern ColoradoW 38-1700001
Sat 8/31@ TexasL 0-5233001

Player Story

Isaiah Essissima story

Isaiah Essissima built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Houston, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Colorado State, Nevada, and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Isaiah Essissima's career was his defensive production: 71 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 67 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Isaiah Essissima'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

    Wake Forest

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nevada

    2021-2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Colorado State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192019202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonWake Forest06.31.1
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest06.31.10
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest00
2021 Regular SeasonNevada4152.74
2022 Regular SeasonNevada12.522.65.48.5
2023 Regular SeasonNevada18.91.2-11.5
2024 PostseasonColorado State518.12.14
2024 Regular SeasonColorado State518.12.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Boise State

Week 11 · L 3-41 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

@ New Mexico State

Week 1 · W 23-12

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

@ California

Week 1 · W 22-17

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

#4

@ UNLV

Week 13 · L 22-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

@ San Diego State

Week 11 · L 21-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Nevada

12.5 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 5.4 usage

57.6

#2

2019 Postseason · Wake Forest

38.6

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Wake Forest

38.6

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games