Player Dossier

2018-2023

Virginia

Sam Westfall

CB • 5'10" • 183 lbs • Saint George, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sam Westfall shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
SMU • Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Sam Westfall built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a cornerback from Saint George, UT wearing No. 13, spending time with SMU and Virginia. The clearest part of Sam Westfall's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.9051

Ironton · Ironton, OH

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Sam Westfall, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. Sam Westfall shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
40
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Sam Westfall quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · CB
Career Tackles
40
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · SMU
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
4-star · Ironton · Missouri
High school pipeline
Ironton · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
21 tackles · CB 159th (top 39%) · ACC 204th (top 33%) · National 1,920th (top 33%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonSMU11-0--036.4
2021 Regular SeasonSMU23-0-1025.8
2022 Regular SeasonSMU1015-0-3032.3
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia1021-0-2036.3

Related Context

Sam Westfall played CB for SMU and Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Sam Westfall recorded 40 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

SMU paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.7 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 SMU, Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · Virginia

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11.7

Usage

3.2

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. James Madison: 0. Boston College: 0. William & Mary: 0. North Carolina: 0. Miami: 2. Georgia Tech: 0. Louisville: 0. Duke: 1. Virginia Tech: 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. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. William & Mary: 3 by 12.5. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 0 by 20. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.0 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

Miami

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/25vs Virginia TechL 17-5531000
Sat 11/18vs DukeW 30-2730001
Fri 11/10@ LouisvilleL 24-3121000
Sat 11/4vs Georgia TechL 17-4521000
Sat 10/28@ MiamiSplash gameL 26-29000011
Sat 10/21@ North CarolinaW 31-2711000
Sat 10/7vs William & MaryW 27-1333000
Sat 9/30@ Boston CollegeL 24-2722000
Sat 9/9vs James MadisonL 35-3622000
Sat 9/2@ TennesseeL 13-4931000

Player Story

Sam Westfall story

Sam Westfall built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a cornerback from Saint George, UT wearing No. 13, spending time with SMU and Virginia. The clearest part of Sam Westfall's career was his defensive production: 40 tackles, 1 interception, and 6 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Sam Westfall'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

    SMU

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonSMU0
2019 Regular SeasonSMU00
2020 Regular SeasonSMU04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonSMU111.311
2022 Regular SeasonSMU39.31.22
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia311.73.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 9 · L 26-29 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Cincinnati

Week 8 · L 27-29 · 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.

#3

vs North Texas

Week 2 · W 35-12

1

Havoc Plays

43.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.

#4

@ South Florida

Week 11 · W 41-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

#5

@ UCF

Week 6 · L 19-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

40 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · SMU

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

36.4

#2

2023 Regular Season · Virginia

36.3

3 primary · 11.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · SMU

32.3

3 primary · 9.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games