Player Dossier

2020-2023

California

Ethan Saunders

DL • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Inglewood, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ethan Saunders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.7

Efficiency

18.3

Consistency

100

Season Value

32.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · California

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Scouting Read

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Ethan Saunders, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · California. Ethan Saunders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Ethan Saunders played DL for California. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ethan Saunders recorded 58 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with California.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

California paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · California

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

18.3

Usage

7.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 9/2@ North TexasW 58-2122100

Career Arc

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    California

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonCalifornia04.20.6
2021 Regular SeasonCalifornia814.89.68
2022 Regular SeasonCalifornia2.514.23.4-5.5
2023 Regular SeasonCalifornia118.37.7-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Washington

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#2

Arizona

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49 takeover score.

#3

Washington State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

#4

Washington State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#5

North Texas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · California

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

34.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · California

32.2

1 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 7.7 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · California

15.5

8 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 9.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8833

Archbishop Murphy · Everett, WA

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

58

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 25 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.