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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012San 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.
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | San Diego State | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2010 Regular Season | San Diego State | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.4 |
| 2011 Postseason | San Diego State | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | San Diego State | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | San Diego State | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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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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Game by game trend chart. North Dakota: 1. San José State: 1. Fresno State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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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
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
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | San Diego State | 1 | 10 | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | San Diego State | 2 | 13.3 | — | 1 |
| 2011 Postseason | San Diego State | 2 | 3.3 | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | San Diego State | 2 | 3.3 | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | San Diego State | 3 | 20 | — | 1 |
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.
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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
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