Player Dossier

2022-2025

Iowa 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.

Usage Score

8.5

Efficiency

17.3

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

12.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Will McLaughlin, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason · Iowa State. Will McLaughlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

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 11 primary output with 23.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.3

Usage

8.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Kansas State: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Colorado: 0. BYU: 4. Arizona State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 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

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 3 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

BYU

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs BYU

Result
Sat 11/1vs Arizona StateL 19-2432000
Sat 10/25vs BYU2+ sacks · Splash gameL 27-4132220
Sat 10/11@ ColoradoL 17-2422000
Sat 9/13@ Arkansas StateW 24-1622001
Sat 8/30vs Unknown20000
Sat 8/23@ Kansas StateW 24-2110000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State2.59.43.7
2023 PostseasonIowa State1123.211.68.5
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State1123.211.60
2024 PostseasonIowa State2.517.56.1-8.5
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State2.517.56.10
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State517.38.52.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

BYU

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 65.1 takeover score.

#2

TCU

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.2 takeover score.

#3

Miami

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.7 takeover score.

#5

Memphis

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Postseason · Iowa State

11 primary output · 23.2 efficiency · 11.6 usage

31.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

31.2

11 primary · 23.2 efficiency · 11.6 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

12.2

5 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.83

Leuzinger · Lawndale, CA

Committed To
Cal Poly
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

86

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 32 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.