Player Dossier

2022-2025

North Carolina

Sebastian Cheeks

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Skokie, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sebastian Cheeks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

6

Efficiency

18.5

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

18

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
North Carolina • Wisconsin
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Sebastian Cheeks, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · North Carolina. Sebastian Cheeks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

North Carolina paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Wisconsin.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Wisconsin

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

18.5

Usage

6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 1. Middle Tennessee: 2. Maryland: 0. Michigan: 0. Iowa: 0. Ohio State: 0. Oregon: 2.5. Washington: 3. Indiana: 0. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 4 by 26.7. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 32.5. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 3 by 37.5. Washington: 2 by 38.3. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 0 by 0

Split Comparison

Wins1.5 · n=4 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · n=6 · -1.1 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · n=5 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1.1 · n=5 · +0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Washington

Result
Sun 11/23vs IllinoisW 27-1000000
Sat 11/15@ IndianaL 7-3130000
Sat 11/8vs WashingtonSplash gameW 13-1022210
Sat 10/25@ OregonL 7-21321.5010
Sat 10/18vs Ohio StateL 0-3432000
Sat 10/11vs IowaL 0-3721000
Sat 10/4@ MichiganL 10-2433000
Sat 9/20vs MarylandL 10-2711000
Sat 9/6vs Middle TennesseeW 42-1032110
Fri 8/29vs Miami (OH)W 17-044100

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    North Carolina

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wisconsin

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina06.31.1
2023 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina04.20.60
2024 Regular SeasonWisconsin4156.14
2025 Regular SeasonWisconsin8.518.564.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Purdue

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#2

Washington

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.

#3

Oregon

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.

#4

Middle Tennessee

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 36.5 takeover score.

#5

Miami (OH)

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · North Carolina

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

35.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · North Carolina

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Wisconsin

18

8.5 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9406

Evanston Township · Evanston, IL

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

40

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
40