Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Liberty
Aaron Hester
DL • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Aaron Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Liberty
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida State • Liberty
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
3★
- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Aaron Hester, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Liberty. Aaron Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 22
- TFL
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Aaron Hester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Liberty · DL
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Liberty
- Top game
- Louisiana Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Duncan U. Fletcher · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Duncan U. Fletcher · 23 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 57 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 10 tackles · DL 625th (top 58%) · Conference USA 265th (top 49%) · National 2,873rd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida State | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 25.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Liberty | 6 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60.2 |
Related Context
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Aaron Hester played DL for Florida State and Liberty. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron Hester recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Liberty paired 5.5 primary output with 16.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 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 Florida State, Liberty.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
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 · Florida State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. Louisiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Louisiana
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Florida State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Liberty
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 2 | 20.6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Liberty | 5.5 | 16.1 | 5.6 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 77 Louisiana Tech
Week 13 · L 28-34 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Charleston Southern
Week 13 · W 41-7
2
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 129 UTEP
Week 7 · W 19-8 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 108 Missouri State
Week 11 · L 17-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
42.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 14 · L 42-48 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
39.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Liberty
5.5 primary output · 16.1 efficiency · 5.6 usage
60.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Florida State
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Florida State
25.3
2 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 4 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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