Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Louisiana
Fitzgerald West Jr.
DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Lafayette, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Fitzgerald West Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- LSU • Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Player Story
Fitzgerald West Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Lafayette, LA wearing No. 68, spending time with LSU and Louisiana. The clearest part of Fitzgerald West Jr.'s career...
Read the storyFitzgerald West Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana. Fitzgerald West Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Fitzgerald West Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · DL
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Louisiana
- Top game
- Marshall
- High school pipeline
- Colleyville Heritage · 22 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 68 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DL 313th (top 29%) · Sun Belt 217th (top 35%) · National 1,903rd (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Louisiana | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisiana | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 27 |
| 2025 Postseason | Louisiana | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisiana | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Fitzgerald West Jr. played DL for LSU and Louisiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Fitzgerald West Jr. recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Louisiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Louisiana paired 6 primary output with 13.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 13.8 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 LSU, Louisiana.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Louisiana
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.8
Usage
3.3
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Marshall
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Delaware: 0. McNeese: 0. Missouri: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Marshall: 2. James Madison: 0. Southern Miss: 1. Troy: 0. South Alabama: 0. Texas State: 2. Arkansas State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Delaware: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 1 by 24.2. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. Southern Miss: 2 by 18.3. Troy: 2 by 8.3. South Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Texas State: 2 by 28.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Marshall
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/18 | @ Delaware | L 13-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/21 | @ Arkansas State | W 34-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Texas StateSplash game | W 42-39 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ South Alabama | W 31-22 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Troy | L 23-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Southern Miss | L 10-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ James Madison | L 14-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/28 | vs MarshallSplash game | W 54-51 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 31-34 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Missouri | L 10-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/7 | vs McNeese | W 34-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Fitzgerald West Jr. story
Fitzgerald West Jr. built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Lafayette, LA wearing No. 68, spending time with LSU and Louisiana. The clearest part of Fitzgerald West Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Fitzgerald West Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
LSU
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Louisiana
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Louisiana | 3 | 14.7 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisiana | 3 | 14.7 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Louisiana | 6 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Louisiana | 6 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 86 Marshall
Week 5 · W 54-51 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#2
@ UL Monroe
Week 14 · W 37-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 65 Texas State
Week 11 · W 42-39 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63 takeover score.
#4
vs Marshall
Week 15 · L 3-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 13 · W 34-30 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Louisiana
6 primary output · 13.8 efficiency · 3.3 usage
38.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Louisiana
38.4
6 primary · 13.8 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · LSU
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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