Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Texas Tech
Charles Esters III
LB • 6'3" • 270 lbs • Cedar Hill, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Charles Esters III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Charles Esters III built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cedar Hill, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Charles Esters III's career was his defensive...
Read the storyCharles Esters III, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Charles Esters III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Charles Esters III quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas Tech · LB
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
- Top game
- Texas
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · LB 747th (top 59%) · Big 12 346th (top 48%) · National 2,892nd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas Tech | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 9 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas Tech | 7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 49.6 |
Related Context
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Charles Esters III played LB for Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Charles Esters III recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Texas Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Texas Tech paired 8 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Murray State
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Murray State
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1 games
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Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Murray State
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Murray State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 9/4 | vs Murray State | W 63-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Charles Esters III story
Charles Esters III built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Cedar Hill, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Charles Esters III's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Charles Esters III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Texas Tech
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas Tech | 10.5 | 23.3 | 5.9 | 10.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 10.5 | 23.3 | 5.9 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Texas Tech | 7.5 | 19.7 | 5 | -3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 7.5 | 19.7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas Tech | 8 | 15.2 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas
Week 13 · L 7-57 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Baylor
Week 6 · W 39-14 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Colorado
Week 11 · L 27-41 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 18 BYU
Week 11 · W 29-7 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 93 West Virginia
Week 14 · W 49-0 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
8 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
49.6
#2
2024 Postseason · Texas Tech
47.8
7.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Texas Tech
47.8
7.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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