Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Indiana
CJ West
DL • 6'2" • 315 lbs • La Grange Park, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ West shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kent State • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
CJ West built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from La Grange Park, IL wearing No. 8, spending time with Indiana and Kent State. The clearest part of CJ West's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 11
- Overall
- No. 113
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
CJ West, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kent State. CJ West shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.
Quick Answers
CJ West quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · DL
- Career Tackles
- 150
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Greensburg Community · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Rolesville · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 4 · Pick 11 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DL 52nd (top 6%) · Big Ten 114th (top 14%) · National 858th (top 15%)
CJ West played DL for Kent State and Indiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, CJ West recorded 150 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kent State.
Recognition
Honors
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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