Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Kentucky
David Gusta
DL • 6'3" • 317 lbs • San Bernardino, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
David Gusta shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Washington State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Washington State • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
David Gusta built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from San Bernardino, CA wearing No. 60, spending time with Kentucky and Washington State. The clearest part of David Gusta's career...
Read the storyDavid Gusta, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Washington State. David Gusta shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 73
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
David Gusta quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 73
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Washington State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- High school pipeline
- Elder · 31 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 60 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DL 571st (top 53%) · SEC 325th (top 43%) · National 2,686th (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Washington State | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Washington State | 10 | 30 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 26.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Washington State | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 52.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 39.8 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington State to Kentucky | G5/FCS to P4 | 89.3 | Jan 5, 2025 |
David Gusta played DL for Washington State and Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, David Gusta recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Washington State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Washington State paired 13 primary output with 23.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
12.2
Usage
4.3
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 1. Ole Miss: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. South Carolina: 0. Texas: 1. Tennessee: 0. Auburn: 0. Florida: 1. Vanderbilt: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 1 by 14.2. Ole Miss: 0 by 10. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 4 by 26.7. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 1 by 14.2. Vanderbilt: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Vanderbilt | L 17-45 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Florida | W 38-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Auburn | W 10-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Tennessee | L 34-56 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas | L 13-16 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ South Carolina | L 13-35 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 48-23 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Ole Miss | L 23-30 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Toledo | W 24-16 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
David Gusta story
David Gusta built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from San Bernardino, CA wearing No. 60, spending time with Kentucky and Washington State. The clearest part of David Gusta's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. That gives David Gusta's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Washington State
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Kentucky
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Washington State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Washington State | 4 | 10.7 | 2.4 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Washington State | 5.5 | 18 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Washington State | 13 | 23.7 | 6.1 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 12.2 | 4.3 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas Tech
Week 2 · W 37-16
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
vs San José State
Week 4 · W 54-52
4
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 12 · W 56-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Arizona
Week 7 · L 6-44 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Arizona State
Week 11 · W 28-18 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Washington State
13 primary output · 23.7 efficiency · 6.1 usage
52.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
39.8
6 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 4.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Washington State
26.9
5.5 primary · 18 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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