Player Dossier

2009-2012

San Diego State

Leon McFadden

DB • 5'10" • Inglewood, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Leon McFadden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

66

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

Leon McFadden built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive back from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Leon McFadden's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.7556

St. John Bosco · Bellflower, CA

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2013
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 6
Overall
No. 68
NFL Team
Cleveland Browns

Leon McFadden, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · San Diego State. Leon McFadden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Leon McFadden quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
Best season
2012 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
New Mexico State
Recruit profile
2-star · St. John Bosco · San Diego State
High school pipeline
St. John Bosco · 96 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2013 · Round 3 · Pick 6 · Cleveland Browns
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2012

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonSan Diego State20-0--031.1
2010 Regular SeasonSan Diego State30-0--048.4
2011 PostseasonSan Diego State120-0--025.2
2011 Regular SeasonSan Diego State120-0--025.2
2012 Regular SeasonSan Diego State30-0--273.3

Related Context

Leon McFadden played DB for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Leon McFadden recorded 5 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

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

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2012 Regular Season · San Diego State

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Dakota: 1. San José State: 1. Fresno State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Fresno State

Result
Sun 9/30@ Fresno StateL 40-521
Sun 9/23vs San José StateL 34-381
Sun 9/16vs North DakotaW 49-411

Player Story

Leon McFadden story

Leon McFadden built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive back from Inglewood, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Leon McFadden's career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 20 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 rushing yards and 116 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Leon McFadden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2009-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010201120112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonSan Diego State110
2010 Regular SeasonSan Diego State213.31
2011 PostseasonSan Diego State23.30
2011 Regular SeasonSan Diego State23.30
2012 Regular SeasonSan Diego State3201

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico State

Week 5 · W 34-17

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ BYU

Week 6 · L 21-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Missouri

Week 3 · L 24-27

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico

Week 10 · W 35-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs TCU

Week 6 · L 14-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · San Diego State

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2010 Regular Season · San Diego State

48.4

2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · San Diego State

31.1

1 primary · 10 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games