Player Dossier

2019-2024

Arkansas State

Charles Willekes

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Rockford, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Charles Willekes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Michigan State • Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Charles Willekes built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Rockford, MI wearing No. 36, spending time with Arkansas State and Michigan State. The clearest part of Charles Willekes' career...

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Charles Willekes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arkansas State. Charles Willekes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
217
TFL
20
Sacks
3
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Charles Willekes quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · LB
Career Tackles
217
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 37 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
UL Monroe
Latest roster
No. 36 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
92 tackles · LB 57th (top 5%) · Sun Belt 8th (top 2%) · National 80th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State3170.50--019.2
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State8172.501-018.4
2023 PostseasonArkansas State132-0--060.9
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas State13898.5211060.9
2024 PostseasonArkansas State131110-1070.8
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State13817.5122070.8

Related Context

Charles Willekes played LB for Michigan State and Arkansas State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Charles Willekes recorded 217 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 15.5 primary output with 41.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 41.4 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Arkansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

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 · Arkansas State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

41.4

Usage

10.6

Consistency

53.6

Best Game by takeover score

UL Monroe

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 2. Central Arkansas: 0. Tulsa: 0.5. Michigan: 2. Iowa State: 1. South Alabama: 2.5. Texas State: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Troy: 1. Louisiana: 0. Georgia State: 1.5. UL Monroe: 3. Old Dominion: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 11 by 65.8. Central Arkansas: 7 by 29.2. Tulsa: 10 by 46.7. Michigan: 5 by 40.8. Iowa State: 4 by 26.7. South Alabama: 12 by 75. Texas State: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 8 by 33.3. Troy: 5 by 30.8. Louisiana: 4 by 16.7. Georgia State: 4 by 31.7. UL Monroe: 9 by 67.5. Old Dominion: 11 by 65.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UL Monroe

Best efficiency game

75 vs South Alabama

Result
Fri 12/27@ Bowling Green10+ tackles · Splash gameW 38-31118101
Sat 11/30vs Old Dominion10+ tackles · Splash gameL 32-40117200
Sat 11/23vs UL MonroeSplash gameW 28-2196110
Sat 11/16@ Georgia StateW 27-20431.5000
Sat 11/9@ LouisianaL 19-5544000
Sat 10/26vs TroyW 34-3153000
Sat 10/19@ Southern MissW 44-2883000
Sat 10/12@ Texas StateL 9-4120000
Sat 10/5vs South Alabama10+ tackles · Splash gameW 18-161271.5001
Sat 9/21@ Iowa StateL 7-5241100
Sat 9/14@ MichiganSplash gameL 18-28540011
Sat 9/7vs Tulsa10+ tacklesW 28-241010.5000
Sat 8/31vs Central ArkansasW 34-3171000

Player Story

Charles Willekes story

Charles Willekes built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Rockford, MI wearing No. 36, spending time with Arkansas State and Michigan State. The clearest part of Charles Willekes' career was his defensive production: 217 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Charles Willekes' 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

    Michigan State

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas State

    2021-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State0.525.34.50.5
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State3.513.233
2023 PostseasonArkansas State12.538.88.19
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas State12.538.88.10
2024 PostseasonArkansas State15.541.410.63
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State15.541.410.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UL Monroe

Week 9 · W 34-24 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#2

vs UL Monroe

Week 13 · W 28-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

89.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.

#3

vs South Alabama

Week 6 · W 18-16 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Bowling Green

Week 1 · W 38-31 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Old Dominion

Week 14 · L 32-40 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

15.5 primary output · 41.4 efficiency · 10.6 usage

70.8

#2

2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State

70.8

15.5 primary · 41.4 efficiency · 10.6 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Arkansas State

60.9

12.5 primary · 38.8 efficiency · 8.1 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

6

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games