Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Iowa State
Will McLaughlin
LB • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Defiance, IA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will McLaughlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Player Story
Will McLaughlin built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Defiance, IA wearing No. 23, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Will McLaughlin's career was his defensive...
Read the storyWill McLaughlin, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Iowa State. Will McLaughlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 86
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Will McLaughlin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 86
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Iowa State
- Top game
- BYU
- High school pipeline
- Leuzinger · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · LB 682nd (top 54%) · Big 12 318th (top 44%) · National 2,655th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 12 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 21.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa State | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 13 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 5 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 28.3 |
Related Context
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Will McLaughlin played LB for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Will McLaughlin recorded 86 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Iowa State paired 12 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
17.3
Usage
5.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Kansas State: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Colorado: 0. BYU: 4. Arizona State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 2 by 8.3. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 2 by 18.3. Colorado: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 3 by 52.5. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
BYU
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs BYU
Player Story
Will McLaughlin story
Will McLaughlin built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Defiance, IA wearing No. 23, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Will McLaughlin's career was his defensive production: 86 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Will McLaughlin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 3.5 | 10.6 | 3.9 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Iowa State | 12 | 24 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 24 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 4.5 | 21.5 | 7.9 | -7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 4.5 | 21.5 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 5 | 17.3 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 18 BYU
Week 9 · L 27-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Miami
Week 1 · W 42-41 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#3
vs TCU
Week 6 · W 27-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Kansas State
Week 13 · W 42-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio
Week 3 · W 43-10
2
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Iowa State
12 primary output · 24 efficiency · 8.2 usage
63.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · Iowa State
63.9
12 primary · 24 efficiency · 8.2 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Iowa State
44.5
4.5 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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