Player Dossier

2022-2025

Florida State

Aaron Hester

DL • 6'2" • 245 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Aaron Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.6

Efficiency

9.5

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Florida State • Liberty
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

Aaron Hester, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Florida State. Aaron Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Florida State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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: New Mexico State

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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

2025 Regular Season · Liberty

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.5

Usage

1.6

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kennesaw State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. UTEP: 0.5. New Mexico State: 1. Missouri State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Kennesaw State: 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. Jacksonville State: 2 by 8.3. UTEP: 1 by 9.2. New Mexico State: 2 by 18.3. Missouri State: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 16.7. Kennesaw State: 0 by 0

Split Comparison

Wins0.8 · n=2 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=4 · -0.8 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · n=3 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=3 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/29vs Kennesaw StateL 42-4800000
Sat 11/22@ Louisiana TechL 28-3440000
Sat 11/8vs Missouri StateL 17-2111000
Tue 10/14vs New Mexico StateW 30-2721001
Thu 10/9@ UTEPW 19-8100.5000
Sat 9/6@ Jacksonville StateL 24-3420000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Florida State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Liberty

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida State04.20.7
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida State00
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State220.65.32
2025 Regular SeasonLiberty1.59.51.6-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.7 takeover score.

#2

New Mexico State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#3

UTEP

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.8 takeover score.

#4

SMU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.5 takeover score.

#5

Louisiana Tech

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Florida State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Florida State

13.8

2 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Liberty

9

1.5 primary · 9.5 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8859

Duncan U. Fletcher · Neptune Beach, FL

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

22

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 11 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Aaron Hester quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
22