Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025West Virginia
Edward Vesterinen
DL • 6'3" • 282 lbs • Helsinki, Finland
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Edward Vesterinen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.
Impact Production
60
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Edward Vesterinen built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Helsinki wearing No. 96, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Edward Vesterinen's career was his...
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- Committed To
- West Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Edward Vesterinen, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · West Virginia. Edward Vesterinen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 5
Quick Answers
Edward Vesterinen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · DL
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Helsinki Roosters · West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Helsinki Roosters · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 96 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DL 157th (top 15%) · Big 12 151st (top 21%) · National 1,382nd (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 7 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 8.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 8 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 36.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | West Virginia | 12 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 10 | 30 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.6 |
Related Context
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Edward Vesterinen played DL for West Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Edward Vesterinen recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 9.5 primary output with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
22
Usage
7.1
Consistency
53.3
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio: 0. Pittsburgh: 4. Kansas: 1. Utah: 0. BYU: 1. TCU: 1. Houston: 0. Colorado: 1. Arizona State: 1. Texas Tech: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio: 5 by 20.8. Pittsburgh: 4 by 56.7. Kansas: 1 by 14.2. Utah: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 4 by 26.7. TCU: 2 by 18.3. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 2 by 18.3. Arizona State: 5 by 30.8. Texas Tech: 5 by 25.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Pittsburgh
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Texas Tech | L 0-49 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Arizona State | L 23-25 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Colorado | W 29-22 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Houston | W 45-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs TCU | L 17-23 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ BYU | L 24-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Utah | L 14-48 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Kansas | L 10-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Pittsburgh2+ sacks · Splash game | W 31-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Ohio | L 10-17 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Edward Vesterinen story
Edward Vesterinen built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Helsinki wearing No. 96, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Edward Vesterinen's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Edward Vesterinen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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West Virginia
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 5.6 | 1.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 5.5 | 12.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | West Virginia | 8.5 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 8.5 | 16.8 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0.5 | 6.7 | 1.6 | -8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | West Virginia | 9.5 | 22 | 7.1 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 36 Pittsburgh
Week 3 · W 31-24
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
vs North Carolina
Week 1 · W 30-10 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
75.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Baylor
Week 13 · W 34-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Texas
Week 5 · L 20-38 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 13 · W 24-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · West Virginia
9.5 primary output · 22 efficiency · 7.1 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · West Virginia
47.3
8.5 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
47.3
8.5 primary · 16.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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