Usage Score
4.1
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.
Efficiency
15.2
Consistency
73
Season Value
42.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Texas Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Scouting Read
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Charles 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.
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
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.2 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: BYU
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
15.2
Usage
4.1
Consistency
73
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 1. Kansas: 0.5. Oklahoma State: 1. Kansas State: 0. BYU: 2. UCF: 1. West Virginia: 1.5. BYU: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas-Pine Bluff: 2 by 18.3. Kansas: 2 by 13.3. Oklahoma State: 1 by 14.2. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 0 by 20. UCF: 1 by 14.2. West Virginia: 3 by 27.5. BYU: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half1.4 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
BYU
Best efficiency game
27.5 vs West Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/6 | vs BYU | W 34-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ West Virginia | W 49-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs UCF | W 48-9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs BYUSplash game | W 29-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Kansas State | W 43-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Oklahoma State | W 42-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Kansas | W 42-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | W 67-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Texas Tech
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2021202220232023202420242025
| 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
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Primary metric
4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.
#2
Baylor
4
Primary metric
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#3
Colorado
3
Primary metric
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.
#4
BYU
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.3 takeover score.
#5
West Virginia
1.5
Primary metric
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 37 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech
8 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
42.1
#2
2024 Postseason · Texas Tech
38.7
7.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Texas Tech
38.7
7.5 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Career Facts
1
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
51
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 25 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.
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